Richard Delafield

Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 – November 5, 1873) was born in New York City. He served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy, was Chief of Engineers, and was a Major General in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... The Chapel at West Point The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point and USMA, is a U.S. military academy and former Army fort. ... The Chief of Engineers commands the US Army Corps of Engineers. ... The Union Army refers to the United States Army during the American Civil War. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as the U.S., the Union, the North, or the Yankees; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as the Confederate States of America, the CSA, the Confederacy...

Delafield was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy to receive a merit class standing, ranking first in the class of 1818. Commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, he was a topographical engineer with the American commission to establish the northern boundary under the Treaty of Ghent. The Chapel at West Point The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point and USMA, is a U.S. military academy and former Army fort. ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ... The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Belgium, ended the War of 1812 between the United States and United Kingdom. ...

He served as assistant engineer in the construction of Hampton Roads defenses from 1819-1824 and was in charge of fortifications and surveys in the Mississippi River delta area from 1824-1832. While superintendent of repair work on the Cumberland Road east of the Ohio River, he designed and built Dunlap’s Creek Bridge in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, the first cast-iron tubular-arch bridge in the United States. Appointed Superintendent of the Military Academy after the fire in 1838, he designed the new buildings and the new cadet uniform that first displayed the castle insignia. He superintended the construction of coast defenses for New York Harbor from 1846-1855. Hampton Roads, Virginia 1858 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States. ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Cumberland Road, also called the Great National Pike and the National Road, was the first United States federal highway. ... The Ohio River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, 981 mi (1,579 km) long in the eastern United States. ... Brownsville is a borough located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... New York Harbor is a geographic term that refers collectively to the bays and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson and adjacent rivers in the vicinity of New York City. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1855 Delafield formed the Delafield Commission, and was sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to Europe including Crimea to observe the European military. The commission also included officers George B. McClellan and Alfred Mordecai. They served as a military observers at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808–December 6, 1889) was an American soldier and politician. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian transliteration: Avtonomna Respublika Krym, Ukrainian: Автономна Республіка Крим, Russian: Автономная Республика Крым, pronounced cry-MEE-ah in English) is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea. ... George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was a Major General of the Union Army during the American Civil War. ... The Siege of Sebastapol (or Sevastapol, more correctly), was a major siege during the Crimean War, from 1854- 1855. ... The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 to 1856. ...

Delafield served as superintendent of the Military Academy again from 1856-1861. He was in charge of New York Harbor defenses (1861-64) and Chief Engineer from 1864 until his retirement in 1866. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Chief of Engineers commands the US Army Corps of Engineers. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Delafield died in Washington, D.C. The Secretary of War ordered that 13 guns be fired in his memory at West Point. He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. ... The Chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, several blocks west of Prospect Park. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

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