United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
88 images and four manuscripts relating to the U.S. military, with a particular focus on the Civil War era, collected by West Point alumnus, engineer, and Civil War veteran Orlando Metcalfe Poe (1832-1895).
Appalachians (People); Appalachian Region--History; Appalachian Region--Social life and customs; Education--Appalachian Region; Education--Kentucky; Kentucky--Social life and customs; Rural schools--Kentucky--History; Oneida Baptist Institute;...
665 items from Louisville native Claude C. Matlack (1878-1944), an amateur photographer who, working as an engineer for his family's plumbing business, happened to capture on film the formative years of a settlement school built by feuding...
Plate showing the Louisville and Portland Canal, with Sand Island, Shippingport, Corn Island, Louisville, the Ohio River, and Kentucky also labeled. Printed above map frame: "Plate I." Printed beneath map frame: "Note: From survey...
Maps; Floods; Disasters; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville--1920--1940; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Map, printed in green in on white paper, of the area of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes description of the flood, chart of elevations and depths of selected sites in Louisville, two photographs of...
Diagrams of Run-Off Showing Basis of Design of Main Sewer District 3A, Paducah, KY, July 1922. Henry A. Pulliam, Commissioner of Public Wks and Chief Engineer. J.C. Keeley, First Assistant. C.F. Johnson, Chief Draftsman. Chart with a graph and...
Chart labeled Bids - Street Construction. Received: Paducah, Ky. June 1, 1923. Henry A. Pulliam, Commissioner of Pub Works and Chief Engineer. Includes a list of streets and the estimated costs and amount of materials from different contractors....
Map of Kentucky and other states showing the total rainfall along the Ohio River basin during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Reports furnished by U.S. Weather Bureau of Rainfall observed...
Map of Louisville showing total rainfall along during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Rainfall Records of 11 Commissioners of Sewerage Rain Gages [Gauges], 1 Government maintained...
Diagram showing a train in a tunnel and a two-story building. Labeled Comparative Sketch Southwestern Outfall. Cross Section West of Taylor Boulevard. Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville. November-1933. Woolsey M. Caye. Technical Engineer.
A group of men in suits and jackets stand under a sign that reads ""Central Relief Drain Extension. Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville. Matt H. Crawford, Chairman. J.B.F. Breed, Chief Engineer. Hoag & Rollins. Public Works...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1830-1882), a civil engineer and prominent general in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. He was promoted to major general after arranging the last-minute defense of Little Round Top during the...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of George Webb Morell (1815-1883), a civil engineer, lawyer, farmer, and a Union general in the United States Civil War. At the start of the war he was appointed colonel and then promoted to brigadier general. His support of his corps...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of William Farrar Smith (1824-1903), also known as "Baldy," a civil engineer, a member of the New York City police commission, and Union general in the United States Civil War. He was appointed a brigadier general after helping...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Newton (1823-1895), a career engineer officer in the United States Army, a Union brigadier general in the United States Civil War, and Chief of the Corps of Engineers.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Portrait of James Harrison Wilson (1837-1925), a railroad executive, an author, a United States Army topographic engineer, and a Union Army major general in the United States Civil War.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Horatio Gouverneur Wright (1820-1899), an engineer and major general in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Union Army Major General George G. Meade (1815-1872), a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He is best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E....
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Henry Washington Benham (1813-1884), a Union general in the United States Civil War. He was appointed engineer of the Department of the Ohio in 1861 and later that same year he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Orlando M. Poe, a United States Army officer (brevet brigadier general) and engineer in the United States Civil War. After helping General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, he was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Daniel Craig McCallum (1815-1878), a brevet major general of volunteers (1864) in the United States Civil War. He was an architect and engineer from Scotland, who in 1862 he was appointed head of all the military railroads in the United...
