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