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Craighill, William Price 1833-

Military engineer; born in Charlestown, Va., July 1, 1833; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1853; superintended the building of Fort Sumter in 1854-55, and of Fort Delaware in 1858; planned and erected the defences of Pittsburg, Pa., in 1863; and subsequently was engaged on the defences of New York and Baltimore, and on the improvement of several rivers. He was promoted brigadier-general and chief of engineers May 10, 1895; retired Feb. 1, 1897. He published Army officers' pocket companion; translated Dufour's Cours de tactiques; and, with Captain Mendell, Jomini's Precis de l'art guerre.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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