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    Was there a US Ballooning Corp during the Civil War?

    Question #101397. Asked by star_gazer. (Dec 02 08 4:35 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		Yes. "The Union Army Balloon Corps was a branch of the Federal Army during the American Civil War, established by presidential appointee Thaddeus S. C. Lowe. It was organized as a civilian operation, which employed a group of aeronauts and seven specially built, gas-filled aerostats for the purposes of performing aerial reconnaissance of the Confederate States Army."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army_Balloon_Corps

    Dec 02 08, 5:25 AM
    queproblema

    		Before my mom had internet I wrote her on postal aerogrammes. One commemorated Thaddeus Lowe and the Balloon Corps. Here's a picture.

    http://www.livefromsiliconvalley.com/airmail/usaerogball.html

    Dec 02 08, 6:14 PM

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