Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Civil War Ballooning" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Balloon Corps, Ballooning, LaMountain, Professor Lowe.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
Be prepared to distinguish between the many articles that discuss the other ballooning trips, especially for scientific research.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"A Chance for a Reputation"
Newbern Weekly Progress (Newbern, NC), May 28, 1861, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2.
"The Balloon in Warfare"
The Alleghanian (Ebensburg, PA), June 13, 1861, Page 2, Image 2, col. 5.
"Ballooning in the Army"
Cleveland Morning Leader (Cleveland, OH), June 21, 1861, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"A Balloon for Beaufort, South Carolina"
Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, VA [WV]), November 27, 1861, Page 2, Image 2, col. 3.
"Military Ballooning"
Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph (Ashtabula, OH), December 28, 1861, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"War Ballooning"
Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), January 24, 1862, Page 3, Image 3, col. 5.
"War Ballooning"
The Jeffersonian Democrat (Chardon, OH), June 13, 1862, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2.
"The Balloon, an Auxiliary of War"
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), September 4, 1862, Page 6, Image 6, col. 3.
"Bombarding. A Balloon"
The Smoky Hill and Republican Union (Junction City, KS), June 6, 1863, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The End of Ballooning in the Army"
The Grand Haven News (Grand Haven, MI), April 20, 1864, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2.

Civil War Ballooning: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America