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promoted him to Assistant Engineer of the Fifth Residency, but in 1830, he resigned to continue his studies in Paris, where he studied civil engineering at
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A River and Its City: The Nature of Landscape in New Orleans
1832:" Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, ISBN 978157510061
1825:" Nebraska Journal of Economics and Business (1973): 43–52.
927:. New York: James T. White & Company. 1895. p. 360
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Lives and Works of Civil and Military Engineers of America
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Charles Ellet Jr., and the theory of optimal input choice.
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The Reading Railroad Company. New-York, 1845. Accessed at
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Report on the Overflows of the Delta of the Mississippi
1588:. The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
1552:"Recognition of a Pioneerng Engineer Building Bridges"
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The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War
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1818:" History of Political Economy 18.3 (1986): 485–495.
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1860:A Child's History of the United States, Volume 3
1736:Charles Ellet Jr.: The Engineer as Individualist
1266:"Federal Participation in Waterways Development"
856:, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1853
784:National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
482:An engraving from Harper's Weekly depicting the
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1999:Members of the American Philosophical Society
874:, Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, 1856
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1711:. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
1680:Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All
604:on the Mississippi River. The Union Navy's
1821:Ekelund, Robert B., and Donald L. Hooks. "
1451:. New York: Simon & Schuster. p.
1240:"The Life and Legacy of Charles Ellet, Jr"
1062:Eicher, John H.; Eicher, David J. (2001).
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1842:. University of North Carolina Press.
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1795:. New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications
1550:Coley, Jeanette Cabell (July 2000).
1528:. Naval History and Heritage Command
849:, Washington: A. Boyd Hamilton, 1852
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412:. He was elected as a member to the
367:Daughters of the American Revolution
843:, Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1852
1959:19th-century American male writers
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1097:"Lancaster I (Screw Sloop-of-War)"
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1994:École des Ponts ParisTech alumni
1979:American railway civil engineers
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1895:. University Press of Kentucky.
1889:Tomblin, Barbara Brooks (2016).
1739:. University of Illinois Press.
1636:. Press of the Buschart Brothers
1339:A naval history of the Civil War
1246:. University of Michigan Library
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726:Charles Ellet Jr Gravestone in
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1868:Stuart, Charles Beebe (1871).
1617:. Harper's Magazine, Volume 32
1037:"Biography: Charles Ellet, Jr"
414:American Philosophical Society
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421:James River and Kanawha Canal
215:U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
1836:McPherson, James M. (2012).
1043:. Ohio County Public Library
681:. After the collision, the
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1761:Mahmoud, Khaled M. (2015).
1649:Fowler, William M. (1990).
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51:Bucks County, Pennsylvania
1964:American bridge engineers
1814:Bell, Christopher Ross. "
1655:. Naval Institute Press.
1041:www.ohiocountylibrary.org
993:Unrau, Harlan D. (2007).
902:American Civil War portal
741:. His body was taken to
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