To the visitor or tourist, the work points out and describes (with the aid of a Map) all the objects of interest connected with the old Forts, and the Public Buildings, as they exist, and the method of obtaining access to all such is given.
The Appendix
Contains the roll of the Academic Staff, from the commencement of the institution; the five most distinguished Cadets in each class from 1817 to the present date, as published by the War Department; a numerical list of all the Cadets who have been admitted into the Military Academy, and the States and Territories whence appointed; a similar list of all the graduates of the institution, together with a synopsis of all the laws of the United States relative to the Military Academy, and a sketch of military education and the military schools in Europe.
These are a few only of the subjects of interest to be found in the work. No efforts has been spared to encompass and exhaust the whole subject, with the view to render the work an authority.
List of Maps and Illustrations.
1. VIEW OF WEST POINT ON THE HUDSON RIVER. 1780. (Fac-simile.) A perspective view, by Major L'Enfant, Engineer, of the west side of the Highlands, above and below the Point, twelve miles in extent, with the camps of the army and the fortifications plainly indicated.
2. MAP OF WEST POINT AND ITS FORTIFICATIONS. 1780. (Fac-simile.) This map of Maj. Villefranche, Engineer, is said to have been used at the interview between Arnold and André.
3. MAP OF FORT CONSTITUTION, ON CONSTITUTION ISLAND. 1776.
4. MAP OF FORT ARNOLD. 1780. (Fac-simile.)
5. ARRANGEMENT OF THE GREAT BOOM AND CHAIN ACROSS THE HUDSON AT WEST POINT. 1780.