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