Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) child its armies surrendering piecemeal

its armies surrendering piecemeal

a visitor seeking more of her story may now be satisfied

sending Union soldiers onto plantations to entice slaves away and enlist the men in the army

the crisis of the war forced a reconfiguration of the emotional worlds of the men who took up arms for the South

Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) child its armies surrendering piecemealby Diane Monroe Smith Washington Roebling is well known as the man who supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. His path to overseeing that monumental task began during the Civil War. In addition to his brave, dramatic actions at Gettysburg, his Civil War service was remarkable: artilleryman, bridge builder, scout, balloonist, mapmaker, engineer, and staff officer. His story reveals much about Gettysburg but also about Civil War intelligence