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4.7 CIV I L WAR IN THE EAST 7867-65
UNION ARMV FORMS A BALLOON CORPS AND OBS

Thaddeus Lowe dem onstrated a te th e r e d BaM oon to L in c o ln in and as a c i v i l i a n was
piaced in charge o& Union Army B a iioo n Corps when i t was form ed by th e Army o& th e
Potomac in 1862. He d ir e c te d a r t iM e r y ^ ir e u sin g a te le p h o n e in th e b a sk e t. Plagued
w ith a d m in istra tio n problem s he re sig n e d in May 1863 and th e Battoon Corps was d isb a n d ed .

Thaddeus Lowe (1832-1913) American balloonist

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Court! Fiedeiick von Zeppelin, inventoi ojj the in 1897-99,
an otiiMin the W u h t e a b e h g A t o n y mi granted by
Lincoln with the Aimy o| the Potomac, and mi at the battle
ChancdloMvilte in 1883. He declined an invitation to join the Union and
begone ietuining to Huntembeng made, a tetheied. Balloon end Min.

VIA AIRMAIL* PAR AVION

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