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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00440 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | A treatise on field fortification, containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications |
| Date | May 1861 |
| Author | Pendleton, Alexander Swift (1840-1864) |
| Additional authors | Mahan, D. H. (1802-1871) |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Signed by Pendleton in May 1861 on front pastedown. Written by D.H. Mahan, professor of military and civil engineering at West Point. Second edition, published in New York by Wiley and Putnam in 1846. |
| Subjects | West Point (US Military Academy) Fortification Military History Civil War Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America |
| People | Pendleton, Alexander Swift (1840-1864) Mahan, D. H. (Dennis Hart) (1802-1871) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |