Civil engineer

Mansfield took charge of Pulaski's construction and oversaw the project for the next fourteen years. When finished in 1847, the fort could mount 146 cannons, some on the parapet atop the 7.5-foot-wide walls and others in casemates inside the walls. Civil War In January 1861, shortly before Georgia seceded from the Union, state troops occupied Pulaski to keep Union forces from garrisoning it. During the fourteen years since the fort's completion, its condition had deteriorated considerably. Its…

Mary Anna Custis and had 6 children. Although Lee now had a family, he pursued his military obligations. Lee was now apart of the Engineer Corps as a second lieutenant. Over time Lee would climb the ranks and become a captain. When the United States went to war with Mexico in 1846, Lee was on staff with Major General Winfield Scott as an engineer. Using his engineer skills, he helped find ways around Mexican strong points so they could pass by or take over them. With Lee’s help, The United…

Hill Carter Lee (Mcleod). Being in aristocratic Virginia, he lived a very privileged life (Thomas). After high school he went on to attend West Point and would graduate with no demerits, an impossible feat. He would graduate as an engineer and would work as an engineer for the army. When the Mexican-American War broke out, he would join the army. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio to his parents, Jessie and Hannah Grant. His father expected many things from Grant. He wanted him to be…

Iroquois tribe. He became a tribal leader and spiritualist as he continued to develope his relationships with whites in New York City. He became the captain of engineers in the New York Militia in charge of constructing large buildings, levees, canals, lighthouses, and more. In 1851, he worked developing the Erie Canal as the head engineer of the project. During that same year, Ely was also honored as the Grand Sachem and “Donehogawa” (Keeper of the Western door) of the six Iroquois nations…

great military leader during the Civil War and that he was the 8th president of the United States. However, many people don’t know that Ulysses S. Grant’s path to leadership and success was marked by many challenges and failures. Four important things to know about Grant is that he was not a very good student in school, he believed that the Mexican-America war was fought for the wrong reasons, he was a failure as a military officer and a private citizen, and the Civil War sparked his…

married Corlissa Brown McCleary and together they had two children, Hallie McCleary and Baby Boy McCleary. McCleary fought in the Civil War for the United States. He served as a captain in the Union Army. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor as a First Lieutenant for capturing the flag of the Fourth Florida Infantry while in advance of his lines. He is considered a Civil War hero by the people of Clyde. McCleary died on June 23, 1906.…

Michigan in the Civil War- The Civil War started when the confederate army attacked Fort Sumter in April 1861 causing the fort to surrender to the confederates. Michigan began to rally the troops a week after the fall of fort Sumter, one meeting spot was Ann Arbor. The first Michigan was created and it generated more excitement than any other regiment. The regiment was trained in Fort Wayne and they went to war on May 11, 1861. As the Michigan regiments marched toward the battlefront they were…

The Horse Soldiers The movie is set during the American civil war. The fight was not going well for the northern as the southern had inflicted a heavy loss on them. To avert further losses, the railway engineer Colonel Marlowe comes up with a plan. This plan was to avoid fighting until they arrived in a new town station which would translate to an average of 35 miles a day. Later on, a military doctor by the name Major Henry Kendal shows up. He appears to be torn between performing his duty…

Ulysses S. Grant is an American hero who defeated the Confederate Army during the Civil War. As general of the Union Army, his tactics and strategies led to his victory. He did not start off as an American hero that people see him as today. Through his experiences in his early life, in school, and in a previous war, led him to be the great general he turned out to be. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio; on April 27, 1822. Grant was the son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah…

Before the Civil War, there were many economic differences between the North and South. For example, things produced in the South and North were different. In a letter to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson says, “We use little machinery. The Spinning Jenny and loom can be managed in a family; but nothing more complicated.” (Document 2) This means that the states in the North focused more on the use of machinery, while in South states, little machinery is used. This is also why Jefferson explains, “..…