from November 1, 1886, to July 22, 1888. From February to March 1888 he was on the board considering bridge construction across the Arthur Kill, and Kill von Kull in New York Harbor. He was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as Chief of Engineers on July 6, 1888. While Chief, Casey allocated large amounts of money to harbor and river improvements and reorganized the department. He retired from the Army on May 10, 1895, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 64. He oversaw construction on the Thomas Jefferson Building, which houses the Library of Congress, beginning on October 2, 1888; it was nearly completed when he died suddenly on March 25, 1896. Upon his death, responsibility for the project passed to his son, architect Edward Pearce Casey. Another son, Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr., had a 33-year career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was a noted entomologist. Thomas Lincoln Casey was buried with his father and other family members at the Casey Farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. Memberships Casey was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1890, and made an officer of the Legion of Honor of France for his work on the Washington Monument. Casey was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, succeeding his father in 1882, and a Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States until his death. He was also a director of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Notes References 1831 births 1896 deaths United States Military Academy alumni Union Army officers United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel People of Maine in the American Civil War People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Burials in Rhode Island People from Sackets Harbor, New York