Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) Section-Ghost Stories The bloodstains are gone

The bloodstains are gone

As useful and valid today as it was when first published nearly 100 years ago

Forrest's authorized biography notes that he was at the head of a charge against Sherman on the final day

in mighty battles now all but forgotten

Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge (Diane Monroe Smith - CH) Section-Ghost Stories The bloodstains are goneby 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