The Chronicler of Valor: The Life and Legacy of Carl Röchling In the grand tapestry of nineteenth-century German art, few threads are as vividly colored by the smoke of battle and the glint of steel as those woven by Carl Röchling. Born in 1855 in Saarbrücken, a quiet corner of the Prussian Rhine Province, Röchling would eventually become one of the most evocative chroniclers of military history through his brush. His journey began no…