Books
- The Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski (1863) (ISBN 0939631075)
- The Strength of the Building Stones of the United States (1874)
- A Practical Treatise on Roads, Streets, and Pavements (1876)
- Limes, Hydraulic Cements, and Mortars (ISBN 1933998245)
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