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