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Civil War Balloon Launch
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Civil War Balloon Launch
Balloons were used for reconnaissance and surveillance by both sides during the Civil War. This interesting photograph shows Virginia Professor Thaddeus S. Lowe (1832-1913) observing a battle from the balloon named “Intrepid.” Lowe proposed the creation of the U. S. Army Balloon Corps in 1861 to President Abraham Lincoln and became its
Chief Aeronaut.
Photographed in May, 1862.
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