The Union Army Balloon Corps was a branch of the Union Army during the American Civil War, established by presidential appointee Thaddeus S. C. Lowe....
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XXII Corps was a corps in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was created on February 2, 1863, to consist of all troops garrisoned in Washington...
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Balloon Corps may refer to History of military ballooning Union Army Balloon Corps, Civil War era Observation Balloon Service in World War I French Aerostatic...
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Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (section End of the Balloon Corps)
the Confederate troops for the Union Army. In July 1861 Lowe was appointed Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps by President Abraham Lincoln....
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observation post Balloon buster Barrage balloon Roswell incident Surveillance aircraft Surveillance blimp Union Army Balloon Corps Tethered balloon Thompson,...
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History of military ballooning (redirect from Royal Engineers Balloon Section)
military aerial reconnaissance in the United States Union Army Balloon Corps 2023 Chinese balloon incident Joseph Needham (1965). Science and Civilisation...
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artillery fire on the rebels. Lowe and other balloonists formed the Union Army Balloon Corps. Lowe insisted on the strict use of tethered (as opposed to free)...
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The Intrepid was a hydrogen gas balloon or aerostat built for use by the Union Army Balloon Corps for aerial reconnaissance purposes during the American...
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corps was disbanded in 1799. The first major use of balloons in the military occurred during the American Civil War with the Union Army Balloon Corps...
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generators and apparatus of balloons. From this ship, professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps, made his first ascents...
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Fort Corcoran (section Union Army Balloon Corps)
units that constructed the fort. Fort Corcoran was home to the Union Army Balloon Corps and the headquarters of the defenses of Washington south of the...
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British, and German balloon corps. The history of military ballooning includes the American Civil War era Union Army Balloon Corps and the even earlier...
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United States Air Force (redirect from US Air Corps)
Air Force can be traced back to the Union Army Balloon Corps of the American Civil War. The Union Balloon Corps, established by aeronaut Thaddeus S....
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acted as a balloon carrier. 1861 – The Union Army Balloon Corps is established during the American Civil War. 1878 – The British Army Balloon Equipment...
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Aviation Corps Army Dental Corps Army Education Corps Army Medical Corps Army Ordnance Corps Army Postal Service Corps Army Service Corps Corps of Army Air...
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History of ballooning (category Balloons (aeronautics))
of Paris. Hot air balloons were employed during the American Civil War. The military balloons used by the Union Army Balloon Corps under the command of...
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demonstrate the value of balloons in military reconnaissance. It is the first telegram to be sent from the air. The Union Army Balloon Corps will be formed under...
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Battle of Gaines' Mill (section Union)
with drums to simulate large marching columns. Furthermore, the Union Army Balloon Corps, which had performed the only aerial observation during the Peninsula...
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USS George Washington Parke Custis (category Balloons (aeronautics))
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Union Army Balloon Corps Balloon (aircraft) Observation balloon...
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spores. History of military ballooning Mitchell Recreation Area Union Army Balloon Corps Wheelis, Mark, et al. Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since...
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recommendation Lowe went on to form the United States Army/"Union Army" Balloon Corps and served two years with the Army of the Potomac as a Civil War "Aeronaut"....
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for the Union Army to access the countryside encampments from Fairfax County. The bridge is the site of the first Union Army Balloon Corps balloon crossing...
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Early flying machines (section Hot air balloons)
formula for ballooning events. Tethered balloons were used during the American Civil War by the Union Army Balloon Corps. In 1863, the young Ferdinand von Zeppelin...
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September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01) TBA 0.590 Retellings: Tess Lynch on the Union Army Balloon Corps Mark Proksch on the Bone Wars Jenny Slate on the discovery of cosmic...
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enemy activity. Afterwards he worked a short assignment with the Union Army Balloon Corps. He had but little education, and on the early death of his father...
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informed McClellan. During this phase, Union Army Balloon Corps aeronaut Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe used two balloons, the Constitution and the Intrepid...
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Infantry under Colonel Samuel H. Starr. The site was also used by the Union Army Balloon Corps for reconnaissance of Confederate troop movements across the Potomac...
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known as CSS American diver) CSS Bayou Saint John Union Army Balloon Corps Confederate Army Balloon Corps Andrews Aereon airship French weapons in the American...
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Battlefield Park Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862 Union Army Balloon Corps ORA 11(3), 184 ORA 11(3), 238 ORA 11(3), 312; Further information:...
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Battle of Seven Pines (section Union)
The Army of the Potomac was accompanied by the Union Army Balloon Corps commanded by Prof. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, who had established two balloon camps...
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