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H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 2 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 24 (search)
n New York, given to celebrate the arrival of the first message, Maury furnished the brains, England gave the money, and I did the work. The cable company, in gratitude, gave Maury priority of use of cable when finished. (See many letters on file at the Observatory, also a full account of the whole in Maury's Sailing Directions.） Besides all these schemes for national advancement Maury's papers on Naval Reform, under the caption of Scraps from the Lucky Bag, and over the signature of Harry Bluff, led to the building of the Naval school at Annapolis and the adoption of Maury's Navigation as a text-book. Big Guns and Little Ships, The Establisement of Forts and Lighthouses at Pensacola and Key West, The Memphis Navy Yard, and The Illinois Ship Canal and Ports on the Great Lakes, followed (for which last a vote of thanks was offered by the Illinois Legislature). These papers were received and acted on with so much enthusiasm that he was placed at the head of the Depot of Charts an