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