Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940804590
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Essayons
Author: American Military History
Author: Engineers of Independence
Author: Paul K. WalkerPublisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410201737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This collection of documents, including many previously unpublished, details the role of the Army engineers in the American Revolution. Lacking trained military engineers, the Americans relied heavily on foreign officers, mostly from France, for sorely needed technical assistance. Native Americans joined the foreign engineer officers to plan and carry out offensive and defensive operations, direct the erection of fortifications, map vital terrain, and lay out encampments. During the war Congress created the Corps of Engineers with three companies of engineer troops as well as a separate geographer's department to assist the engineers with mapping. Both General George Washington and Major General Louis Lebéque Duportail, his third and longest serving Chief Engineer, recognized the disadvantages of relying on foreign powers to fill the Army's crucial need for engineers. America, they contended, must train its own engineers for the future. Accordingly, at the war's end, they suggested maintaining a peacetime engineering establishment and creating a military academy. However, Congress rejected the proposals, and the Corps of Engineers and its companies of sappers and miners mustered out of service. Eleven years passed before Congress authorized a new establishment, the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.
The Engineer
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Presents professional information designed to keep Army engineers informed of current and emerging developments within their areas of expertise for the purpose of enhancing their professional development. Articles cover engineer training, doctrine, operations, strategy, equipment, history, and other areas of interest to the engineering community.
The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act
Author: Joseph L. ArnoldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Gentleman Soldier
Author: John Clifford BrownPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585442744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Given in honor of Dr. David Romei by the Aggieland Rotary Club of Bryan-College Station.
Research and Development in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Author: Damon MandersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
United States Army Unit Histories
Author: James T. ControvichEngineers Far from Ordinary
Author: Damon MandersPublisher:
ISBN: 9781782663447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Includes full color maps and photographs.
The World War II Black Regiment that Built the Alaska Military Highway
Author: William E. GriggsPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578065042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A photographic record of a black regiment's contribution to safeguarding Alaska from Japanese invasion