Hydrogen and Hot Air Balloon Aviation has a long, curious history in nations around the world for military and other purposes ...

C. Lowe, Memoirs of Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, Chief of the Aeronautic Corps of the Army of the United States During the Civil War: My Balloons in Peace and War, eds. Michael Jaeger and Carol Lauritzen ...

1794-1945—Balloons Used in Wars: From the U.S. Civil War, through World Wars I and II balloons are used as tools for warfare, for transportation surveying, and communication.

“Jim will probably be the one to write the definitive book [on Lowe],” says Crouch, who should know, since he’s an expert on Civil War ballooning himself. A balloon crew from Digital Design ...

As a result, Lincoln supported plans to form a Union Army Balloon Corps. The museum’s celebration of these events will include a Civil War family day on June 11, with hands-on activities and an ...

In 2022, his article, "Balloons of the Civil War: The Birth of Multi-Dimensional Warfare," received an honorable mention in the 2022 Historical Miniature Game Society-Pacific Southwest Military ...

The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...