Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) lee Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly:

Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren

the Second Inaugural Address and the assassination

confirming what poets have known for centuries: there are some truths that are only revealed in the world of darkness

and refutes over a century of negative evaluations of his performance

In today’s polarized world

Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) lee Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly:by 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