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Washington A. Roebling. Reconnaissance Notebook, ca. November 1863 - April 1864.
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Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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This notebook includes Washington's notes on enemy strengths and movements, prisoner interrogations, and several hand-drawn maps, such as this untitled sketch showing the road to Warrenton, Virginia.
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Washington Roebling's Civil War
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Washington Roebling of Trenton, son of engineer John A. Roebling and future builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, enlisted as a private in Company A of the New Jersey State Militia in April 1861, resigning a few months later to enlist in the Sixth New York Independent Battery. He was later promoted to the rank of sergeant, and then to second lieutenant in January 1862. During the war, he built suspension bridges, made maps, and did reconnaissance from a hot-air balloon. He saw action at the battles of Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where he helped to secure Little Round Top, as well as the Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and the Crater. In 1865, he was commissioned Colonel, U.S. Volunteers, by brevet for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."
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Perrone, Fernanda.
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Radick, Caryn.
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New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
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Struggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civi War
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Washington A. Roebling. Reconnaissance Notebook, ca. November 1863 - April 1864.
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1864
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Struggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civil War
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doi:10.7282/T32R3PVX
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This work is made available for non-commercial educational, scholarly, or research purposes subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). Proper attribution must be provided.
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Source
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MC 654
Note
Roebling Family Papers, Civil War, Box 2
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Exhibition
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Struggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civil War
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Special Collections and University Archives Gallery and Gallery '50, Rutgers University
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2012-09-19
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2013-08-31
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Perrone, Fernanda.
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New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
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Washington Roebling's Civil War
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Washington Roebling of Trenton, son of engineer John A. Roebling and future builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, enlisted as a private in Company A of the New Jersey State Militia in April 1861, resigning a few months later to enlist in the Sixth New York Independent Battery. He was later promoted to the rank of sergeant, and then to second lieutenant in January 1862. During the war, he built suspension bridges, made maps, and did reconnaissance from a hot-air balloon. He saw action at the battles of Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where he helped to secure Little Round Top, as well as the Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and the Crater. In 1865, he was commissioned Colonel, U.S. Volunteers, by brevet for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."
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Exhibition caption
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This notebook includes Washington's notes on enemy strengths and movements, prisoner interrogations, and several hand-drawn maps, such as this untitled sketch showing the road to Warrenton, Virginia.
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Exhibition extended beyond dates listed on catalog.
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1 p.
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