The Civil War had a lot of “firsts” in it, introducing trench warfare, rifled artillery, and even aerial reconnaissance by way of hot air balloons. These new advancements in warfare made possible ...

Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg recently announced the discovery of four Confederate soldier skeletons, revealing a makeshift hospital from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg.

The U.S. Army and a private company are flying high-altitude surveillance balloons over the Tucson area, raising concerns among privacy advocates. Multiple high-altitude balloons have been spotted ...

Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves would no longer be unmarked.

The US Army is developing high-altitude spy balloons designed to track enemy stealth fighters beyond the reach of traditional radar systems.

None of Lowe’s Civil War aerial photos have been located, but his balloons provided the first practical aerial reconnaissance information.

The short-lived Union Army Balloon Corps in the Civil War was in a way the U.S. military's first air force.

Chinese spy balloon shot by US had tech from at least 5 American firms: Report Spy balloons have been used for reconnaissance purposes, including in conflicts like the American Civil War.

The first fighter jet to participate in aerial combat was the German Messerschmitt Me 262, which attacked a British ...

During the American Civil War, both the Union and Confederate armies use gas balloons to carry out aerial reconnaissance missions. It is not the first time balloons are used in warfare, though.