Share This Article 1. In 1898, this man received a grant from the U.S. government to develop an airplane. Glenn Curtiss Orville Wright Samuel Langley Charles Manly 2. This was the first of two “miracle years” the English military had during the 1700s. 1725 1783 1706 1776 3. 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 Loading …