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    [Illustration: ARMSTRONG GUN FROM FORT FISHER.]




  GUIDE

  TO

  WEST POINT,

  AND THE

  U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY.

  WITH

  MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS.


  NEW YORK:
  D. VAN NOSTRAND, 192 BROADWAY.
  1867.




GUIDE TO WEST POINT.


Fifty-one miles above New York, on the west bank of the Hudson river,
in the midst of scenery of the most picturesque and impressive
character, and on a bold shelving plateau, formed by the crossing of a
range of the Alleghany Mountains, which here assume almost Alpine
proportions, is a name dear to every lover of his country--a name
replete with memories of the struggle for Independence, and clustering
with historic associations.

WEST POINT, the property of the United States by purchase, possesses a
primary interest from its military importance during the period of the
American Revolution, and a secondary one from its being the seat of
the National Military Academy. The creative hand of natural
beauty--the romance of war--the distinguished career of those who
have gone forth from this locality in the defense of American Liberty,
and the spectacle presented by those preparing for future public