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