The City of Fairfax is the place to be this Saturday, April 29, for the 17th annual Fairfax Civil War Day. Attendees will experience American Civil War camp life and enjoy a variety of living ...

Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, “Report Submitted to Secretary of War Stanton, May 26, 1863,” in The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, ser. 3, vol.

Download this Thaddeus S C Lowe Was A American Civil War Aeronaut Scientist And Inventor He Invented The Water Gas Process By Which Large Amounts Of Hydrogen Gas Could Be Produced From Steam And ...

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 ...

Thaddeus Lowe, who once worked for President Lincoln doing aerial reconnaissance work, eventually came to Pasadena to continue expanding his business opportunities in Southern California.

10 a.m. Camps Open – Civil War Balloon Inflation with Thaddeus Lowe 10:30 a.m. Beginners Boot Camp – Youth Program – 17th Virginia Infantry, Co. D, and 28th Massachusetts Infantry, Co. B ...

During the Civil War, both the Union and the Confederacy were looking to gain an advantage over the enemy. At the time, balloonist Thaddeus Lowe was testing whether his hot air balloon could be used ...

The American Civil War saw the formation of the Balloon Corps for Federal Army, and it wasn't long until this newly formed division took to the sea.

Renowned balloonist Thaddeus Lowe was appointed chief aeronaut of the Union Army in 1861. He designed and constructed seven gas-filled balloons, used primarily for aerial reconnaissance of ...