History Book Lessons: First "Spy Satellites" Were Civil War Balloons
History Book Lessons: First "Spy Satellites" Were Civil War Balloons On June 16, 1861, at the invitation of the War Department, Lowe ascended in Enterprise 500 feet above the capital, telegraphing U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the White House: “This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter." Here's What You Need To Remember: The principles behind balloon observation endured - even though the practice itself was criminally underused by the Union Army. A week after the first shots of the War Between the States at Fort Sumter in April 1861, the future of warfare ...
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