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