Mechanicsville, Va.-- It was the Civil War's "Kitty Hawk moment," and it happened here when balloons manned by Confederate and Union aeronauts floated above a field of battle - the first time ...

Civil War, October 1862: Bounty ... where balloon corps debuts • Part 16 -- July 1862: Union ... The Republican also reported war-driven inflation was pushing up the price of everything and the ...

Kevin Knapp, Civil War Balloon Corps enthusiast, talks Saturday about the Union Armyâs civilian-contracted Balloon Corps which deployed balloons 3,000 times in the early 1860s.

It was the Civil War’s “Kitty Hawk moment,” and it happened here when balloons manned by Confederate and Union aeronauts floated above a field of battle — the first time ...

The short-lived Union Army Balloon Corps in the Civil War was in a way the U.S. military's first air force. The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, ...

To help union troops scout during the Civil War, President Lincoln signed off on a plan to create a volunteer balloon brigade. A commemoration at the National Mall honored the event on Saturday ...

Guest speaker at October meeting of the Hampton Roads Civil War Round Table will discuss military use of balloons. Skip to content. All Sections.

WASHINGTON — The National Mall on Saturday was the place to be for Civil War balloon enthusiasts John DePerro, 68, and David DePerro, 39, of Warrenton, Va.

It was the Civil War's "Kitty Hawk moment," and it happened in Mechanicsville when balloons manned by Confederate and Union aeronauts floated above a field of battle — the first ...

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (AP) — It was the Civil War's 'Kitty Hawk moment,' and it happened here when balloons manned by Confederate and Union aeronauts floated above a field of battle ...