confirming what poets have known for centuries: there are some truths that are only revealed in the world of darkness
A retired Army officer and an established authority on the Civil War and military history
and refutes over a century of negative evaluations of his performance
Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren
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 confirming what poets have knownby 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