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Eben C. Smeed
Eben Cedron Smeed (December 8, 1830 - August 24, 1892) was an American civil engineering, civil engineer who was best known for his work on railroads, particularly the United States Military Railroad (USMRR) in supporting Sherman's United States Military Railroad#Atlanta Campaign, Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea, Savannah campaigns Engineering News and American Railway Journal, Volumes 27-28, Engineering News Publishing Company, September 8, 1892, page 226. working first under General Herman Haupt and then Colonel William Wierman Wright. Smeed typified the successful, self-made civil engineer in the 19th century. Haupt praised Smeed as a "man without education... [and nevertheless] a close student [and] expert mathematician" as well as the best organizer of worksites Haupt had ever seen.Shiman, Philip Lewis. "Engineering Sherman's March: Army engineers and the management of modern war, 1862-1865." (1992): 4452-4452. Smeed's work on building the William Wierman Wright#Atlanta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 LOC Smeed Portrait
Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine ''The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper), The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman Empire, Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated. * January 12 ** The ''Royal Aeronautical Society'' is formed as ''The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain'' in London, the world's oldest such society. ** British auxiliary steamer sinks in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, on passage from the Thames to Australia, with the loss of 244 people, and only 19 survivors. * January 18 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established. * January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins. * February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian-Chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 USMRR Rebuilding Potomac Creek Bridge W Smeed
Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's four million slaves and immediately frees 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advance. * January 2 – Lucius Tar Painting Master Company (''Teerfarbenfabrik Meirter Lucius''), predecessor of Hoechst, as a worldwide chemical manufacturing brand, founded in a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. * January 4 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. * January 7 – In the Swiss canton of Ticino, the village of Bedretto is partly destroyed and 29 killed, by an avalanche. * January 8 ** The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel, in Sheffield, England. ** American Civil War – S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
