"This text-book has been prepared for the use of the cadets pursuing their studies in the course of Fortification at the United States Military Academy."--Preface.

Part IISiege operations -- Siege-works -- Siege batteries -- Attack of a fortified place -- Defence of a fortified position -- Method of determining the strength of a fortification -- Part III Military mining -- Nomenclature and theory of mines -- Practical construction -- Loading and firing mines -- Conditions observed in a system of mines -- Military demolitions -- Appendix Fortification drawing -- Problems of the right line and plane -- Curved and irregular surfaces -- Tangent planes.