Washington Roebling's Civil War (eBook)

From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge

Diane Monroe Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
464 Seiten
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-6782-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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 and engineering and the politics and infighting within the Army of the Potomac's high command. Roebling's serviceleadership, engineering, decision-making, and managing personalities and politicsprepared him well for overseeing the Brooklyn Bridge.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 125 Illustrations including: - 4 Black & White Illustrations; - 80 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 41 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: bridge building • Bridges • Brooklyn Bridge • Civil War • Fort Hell • Fort Sedgwick • Gettysburg • Little Round Top • military engineer • military history • Roebling's Redoubt • Washington Roebling
• ISBN-10: 0-8117-6782-5 / 0811767825
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-6782-8 / 9780811767828