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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps abstract "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. It was organized as a civilian operation, which employed a group of prominent American aeronauts and seven specially built, gas-filled balloons to perform aerial reconnaissance on the Confederate States Army.Lowe was one of few veteran balloonists who was working on an attempt to make a transatlantic crossing by balloon. His efforts were interrupted by the onset of the Civil War, which broke out one week before one of his most important test flights. Subsequently he offered his aviation expertise to the development of an air-war mechanism through the use of aerostats for reconnaissance purposes. Lowe met with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on June 11, 1861, and proposed a demonstration with his own balloon, the Enterprise, from the lawn of the armory directly across the street from the White House. From a height of 500 feet (150 m) he telegraphed a message to the President describing his view of the Washington, D.C., countryside. Eventually he was chosen over other candidates to be chief aeronaut of the newly formed Union Army Balloon Corps.The Balloon Corps with a hand-selected team of expert aeronauts served at Yorktown, Seven Pines, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and other major battles of the Potomac River and the Virginia Peninsula. The Balloon Corps served the Union Army from October 1861 until the summer of 1863, when it was disbanded following the resignation of Lowe.".
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps activeYearsEndYear "1863".
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps activeYearsStartYear "1861".
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps battle Bull_Run_(Occoquan_River).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps battle Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps country United_States.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps garrison Fort_Corcoran.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps militaryUnitSize "8 aeronauts".
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps notableCommander Thaddeus_S._C._Lowe.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps role "Aerial reconnaissance".
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps thumbnail Balloon_Corps.jpg?width=300.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Abraham_Lincoln.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Balloon_(aeronautics).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Antietam.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Fleurus_(1794).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Fredericksburg.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Seven_Pines.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Benjamin_Butler_(politician).
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Bull_Run_(Occoquan_River).
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Category:1861_establishments_in_the_United_States.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Balloon_weaponry.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1861.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Centreville,_Virginia.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Chain_Bridge_(Potomac_River).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Chickahominy_River.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Fairfax_County,_Virginia.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Falls_Church,_Virginia.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Franxc3xa7ois_dOrlxc3xa9ans,_Prince_of_Joinville.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink French_Aerostatic_Corps.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink George_B._McClellan.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink George_Washington.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Golden_West_Books.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Harpers_Weekly.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink History_of_military_ballooning.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Intrepid_(balloon).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Irvin_McDowell.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink James_Longstreet.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink James_River.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink John_LaMountain.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink John_Wise_(balloonist).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Henry.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Kansas.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Malaria.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Martha_Washington.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Mechanicsville,_Virginia.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Mississippi_River.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Montgolfier_brothers.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Paraguay.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Peninsula_Campaign.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Philadelphia.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Port_Royal,_Virginia.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Potomac_River.
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Richmond,_Virginia.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Robert_E._Lee.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Salmon_P._Chase.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Samuel_P._Heintzelman.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink San_Marino,_California.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Seven_Days_Battles.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862).
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army).
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- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Simon_Cameron.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Smithsonian_Institution.
- Union_Army_Balloon_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Southern_belle.