This book has been painstakingly prepared from one of the only known copies of Lowe's difficult-to-decipher text. This amplified autobiography includes photographs of the inventor and his balloons as well as photos of artifacts such as correspondences (including a handwritten note from President Lincoln) and receipts. It also contains relevant maps and supplementary information to enhance understanding of Lowe's journeys and the battles he participated in.

Originally published as "Aeronautics in the Union and Confederate armies, with a survey of military aeronautics prior to 1861," vol. 1, by the Johns Hopkins Press, 1941

Specifically see T.S.C Lowe's, a balloon trip from Cincinnati, Ohio to South Carolina, in April 1861: p. 127-156.
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Specifically see T.S.C. Lowe's chapter about the balloons with the Army of the Potomac,v.8: p 369-382.
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United States Air Force historian, genealogist, and great-great grandson of a Union Army veteran; Russell Dutcher has compiled the Official Report of Professor Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe and his Union Army Balloon Corps during the Great War of the