1. Henry Flad was a German-born civil engineer who served as an engineering officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as a railroad engineer before and during the civil war, and later as a civil engineer after the war.
18 Facts About Henry Flad
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Henry Flad helped found and was first president of the Engineers' Club of Saint Louis, and in 1886 was president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Henry Flad was born July 30,1824, in the Grand Duchy of Baden near the university town of Heidelberg.
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Henry Flad landed in New York City in the autumn of 1849.
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Mr James P Kirkwood and Mr James H Morley with whom Captain Flad was afterwards associated, were employed at this time on the same road.
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On September 12,1856, Captain Henry Flad was married to Miss Reichard of St Louis.
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Later in the year, when Fremont was succeeded by General Halleck, Captain Henry Flad was ordered to join General Pope in southeast Missouri, and served as a staff officer through the campaign of New Madrid and Point Pleasant and the taking of Island Number Ten, after which he rejoined his regiment at New Madrid.
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Henry Flad was with his regiment at Fort Pillow and Pittsburgh Landing and in the operations before Corinth.
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Meantime Mr Kirkwood had been commissioned to go to Europe to study the subject of filtration, and Colonel Henry Flad was left as acting chief engineer.
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Whilst he was still acting as assistant engineer to Mr Kirkwood, Colonel Henry Flad made the acquaintance of Captain James B Eads who was at that time employed upon plans for gun carriages and turrets.
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Into this work Colonel Henry Flad entered with characteristic zeal and a determination which nothing could shake.
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Henry Flad's efforts were crowned with entire success, so that during the whole period of his administration the board over which he presided had the entire confidence of the whole community.
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Colonel Henry Flad was a charter member of the Engineers Club of St Louis, and was its President for twelve years, from 1868 to 1880.
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Henry Flad became a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers February 15,1871, and was President of the Society for the year ending January 19,1887, thus receiving from both organizations the highest honors within their power to bestow.
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Henry Flad's death occurred June 20,1898, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he stopped on his way home from a meeting of the Mississippi River Commission to visit Mr Godfrey Stengel, a lifelong friend who had come with him on the same ship to America forty nine years before.
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Henry Flad died very suddenly of acute heart failure while walking to Highland park in company with Mr and Mrs Stengel.
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Henry Flad's name was a synonym for fidelity and skill and all knew that every work committed to his charge would be well done and come from his hand as sound and flawless as the man himself.
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Henry Flad's life was a demonstration of how honorable the public service could be made and is an encouragement to those who have not yet lost faith in the possibility of having this service in all its branches lifted to the same standard to abate no jot of heart or hope but still work on for the accomplishment of this high end.