Category: Chiefs of Engineers of the United States Army

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The Chief of Engineers is a principal United States Army staff officer at The Pentagon. The Chief advises the Army on engineering matters, and serves as the Army's topographer and proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs. The Chief of Engineers is the senior service engineer for the Department of Defense, responsible for integrating all aspects of combat, general and geospatial engineering across the Joint Force.

The Chief of Engineers also commands the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Chief of Engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. This office defines policy and guidance, and it plans direction for the organizations within the Corps. The Chief of Engineers is currently a lieutenant general billet but in the past has been held by field grade officers as low as major. Civilian oversight of the Chief of Engineers is provided by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).

For the list of United States Army Corps of Engineers of United States Army, click here.

Walker Armistead 25 Mar 1773 New Market, Caroline, Virginia Colony - 13 Oct 1845

Thomas Casey 10 May 1831 Sackets Harbor, Jefferson, New York, USA - 25 May 1896

Richard Delafield 01 Sep 1798 New York City, New York County, New York, United States - 05 Nov 1873

George Gillespie 31 Aug 1842 Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States - 27 Sep 1913

Charles Gratiot 29 Aug 1786 St. Louis, Spanish Upper Louisiana Territory - 18 May 1855

Dan Kingman 06 Mar 1852 Dover, New Hampshire - 14 Nov 1916

Alexander Macomb 03 Apr 1782 Détroit, Montreal, Quebec, British Occupied - 25 Jun 1841

Rufus Putnam 09 Apr 1738 Sutton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 04 May 1824

William Rossell 11 Oct 1849 Mount Vernon, Mobile, Alabama, United States - 11 Oct 1919

Joseph Swift 31 Dec 1783 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States - 23 Jul 1865

Joseph Totten 23 Aug 1788 New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 22 Apr 1864

Horatio Wright 06 Mar 1820 Clinton, Connecticut, United States - 02 Jul 1899

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