GDG- Balloons

[fred johanson]

Hooker grounded Thaddeus Lowe, the chief, and only, aeronaut for the AoP 
and USA, after Chancellorsville.  A major reason was the size of the 
contraption that generated the gas to fill the balloon.  Pictures reveal it 
was a major headache for the QM to get from one place to another.  So 
Professor Lowe, went home to Connecticut to invent an ice making machine.


At 10:37 AM 12/7/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
>Steve:
>
>   I believe I read they were used at Fredericksburg.
>
>   My guess as to why they were not used at Gettysburg is:  Gettysburg 
> wasn't supposed to happen.  It was just two armies that stumbled upon 
> each other, so the time necessary to get them and deploy them was not 
> enough, as the battle was over by then.  I would guess the mechanics to 
> transport them by an army in the field would have been immense.
>
>   Thanks
>   Toby
>
>Steve Goertzen <sgoertzen at AAG.DESE.com> wrote:
>   Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
>On the History channel last night (Wednesday), I saw a program talking
>about how the Union used observation balloons at various battles. I
>have never seen anything referring to the use of these balloons at
>Gettysburg. Does anyone know whether or not they were used, and if not,
>why not?
>
>
>
>Stephen Goertzen
>
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