Peter Smith Michie

Peter Smith Michie (March 24, 1839 – February 16, 1901)[1] was an American soldier, Army engineer, and military educator.

During the Civil War, Michie served in the campaign of 1864 against Richmond, Virginia; was chief engineer of General Benjamin Butler's Army of the James during the construction of the Dutch Gap Canal; and was at the head of all engineering operations of the left column at the Battle of Hatcher's Run during the Siege of Petersburg, and the subsequent pursuit of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

From 1867 to 1869 he taught various courses at West Point; and was a member of a coastal fortification commission which visited Europe in 1870.

[3] In addition, from 1871 to 1901 he was an overseer of the Thayer School of Civil Engineering at Dartmouth College.

[4][5] Michie was a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.