Union Troops Transferring Hydrogen Gas From the Balloon Constitution to the Balloon Intrepid in Fair Oaks, Virginia (1862)

Union troops transferring hydrogen gas from the balloon Constitution to the balloon Intrepid in Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 1862. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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A Union Army Balloon Corps Camp in Falmouth, Virginia (1862)

Union Army Balloon Corps camp in Falmouth, Virginia, March 1863. By James F. Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Union Army Balloon Corps

Thaddeus Lowe and members of the Union Army Balloon Corps with a balloon named Intrepid, Gaines’ Mill, Virginia, 1862. The man sitting at the table in front of it is operating a telegraph machine.

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