Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe was born in Jefferson Mills, New Hampshire, in 1832. He claimed to be a Mayflower descendent and that his grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War-claims ...

Thaddeus Lowe is remembered as the aeronaut who used his balloon service to gather information about Confederate movements during the Civil War. The war was only a few days old, however, when he ...

They were never hit, but Thaddeus Lowe and his fellow observers "were shot at a lot," said Terry Lowe, a great-great-grand-nephew of the Civil War balloonist.

Knapp is a retired Army officer and professional balloonist who lives in Virginia. He’s regarded as one of the nation’s top experts on Lowe and military use of balloons during the Civil War.

A Reenactment of Civil War Era Reconnaissance Ballooning See history retold at the Air and Space Museum this weekend and meet Abraham Lincoln and the balloonist Thaddeus Lowe Julie Mianecki June 9 ...

Below: NASA’s Jim Green (dressed as Civil War balloonist Thaddeus Lowe) and his gondola were digitally added to this 360-degree panorama taken from an aerostat balloon over Edwards Ferry ...

The balloon was placed steps away from a refreshment stand, where famous Civil War balloonist Thaddeus Lowe originally showed President Abraham Lincoln how to use balloons for reconnaissance on ...

The balloon was placed steps away from a refreshment stand, where famous Civil War balloonist Thaddeus Lowe originally showed President Abraham Lincoln how to use balloons for reconnaissance on ...

They were never hit, but Thaddeus Lowe and his fellow observers "were shot at a lot," said Terry Lowe, a great-great-grand-nephew of the Civil War balloonist.