Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) forrest RICHARD BROOKHISER

RICHARD BROOKHISER

Abandoned by their flank

guiding members of the rank and file as they struggled to live with the contradictory elements of their violent and volatile world

Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

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Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) forrest RICHARD BROOKHISERby 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