Great weapon or ‘fanciful contraption’? DURING THE 1862 SEVEN DAYS’ Battles on Richmond’s doorstep, Union and Confederate soldiers often spotted immense balloons floating high above the encampments and battlefields. They were watching “Professor” Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, head of the Union Balloon Corps, at work. His balloons could ascend to over 1,000 feet multiple times a …
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