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Engineer Regiments were a key aspect of the Union army during the American Civil War.The duties engineer regiments during the American Civil War included destroying and building transportation networks, erecting defensive and offensive emplacements, and providing situational intelligence. [1]
The 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. There were only ten other similar regiments in the Union Army. The Michigan unit was one of three engineering regiments raised in 1861, the other two being Missouri (August 1861) and New York (September 1861).
The U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War. An Act of Congress of 31 January 1862 [1] authorized President Abraham Lincoln to seize control of the railroads and telegraph for military use in January ...
Map of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Engineer divisions and districts. Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD), located in Cincinnati. Reaches from the St Lawrence Seaway, across the Great Lakes, down the Ohio River Valley to the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Covers 355,300 square miles (920,000 km 2), parts of 17 states. Serves 56 ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers was a branch of the United States Army authorized on 4 July 1838. It consisted only of officers who were handpicked from West Point [ 1 ] and was used for mapping and the design and construction of federal civil works such as lighthouses and other coastal fortifications and navigational routes.
After the Cold War, military engineering found its place on the front lines again. The Persian Gulf War and wars thereafter brought about new tactics and advancements that required massive logistical support. Military engineers also had a helping hand in the design and construction of military command centers such as the Cheyenne Mountain ...
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Neal, W. A., An Illustrated History of the Missouri Engineer and 25th Infantry Regiments (Chicago: Donohue and Henneberry), 1889. This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion ...
Staged photograph of the 1st NY Engineers demonstrating sapping on Morris Island. The 1st New York Engineer Regiment was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Serrell's Engineers, [1] New York Volunteer Corps of Engineers, [2] or Engineer's and Artizans. [2]