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Cadets to Captains: 1848–1860. The Story Begins at West Point.
West Point. The Texas Frontier. The Eve of the Civil War.
This is where the story begins.
Before the Battles, There Were the Men.
Before the battles, there were the men.
In the summer of 1848, two young officers reported to West Point. They came from different worlds. They swore the same oath. Over the next twelve years, the country moved toward war—and they moved with it.
Cadets to Captains is not a battle novel. It is the story of the years before, when the men who would fight the Civil War were still becoming who they needed to be.
The history is real. The characters carry the weight of actual events.
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