Share This Article 1. This writer was the primary theorist behind American military thought at the start of the Civil War. Lazare Carnot Antoine Jomini Maurice of Nassau Carl Clausewitz 2. In 1898, this man received a grant from the U.S. government to develop an airplane. Glenn Curtiss Charles Manly Orville Wright Samuel Langley 3. This was the first of two “miracle years” the English military had during the 1700s. 1783 1776 1706 1725 Loading …