JOURNALS OF WEST POINT CADET CLARENCE EDMUND BENNETT AND OTHER PAPERS PERTAINING TO HIS MILITARY SERVICE
1851-1870
Bennett (1833–1902) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy West Point in 1855. He had a long career as Army officer, rising to rank of lieutenant colonel and serving in California, New Mexico and the Arizona Territories during the Civil War, as part of the occupational forces during Reconstruction and on frontier duty during the Indian Wars. Includes:
1) Journal from November 1851 to June 15, 1853, discussing class lectures, studies and cadet training activities at West Point. List of fellow cadets with notes on p. 17. Marbled paper boards with black leather corners and spine. 8" x 7". Total of approx. 138 written pages.2) Journal from March 19, 1854 to June 14, 1855. Green paper cover with black spine. 10" x 8". Total of approx. 40 written pages (approx. 1/3 of the book).
3) Collection of letters and military service documents pertaining to Bennett, dating from the 1860s in the Civil War to the Western Campaigns in Texas.
4) Image of Bennett in uniform.

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