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Fitz John Porter went on a leave of absence from March to October 1860 after returning home to New York City from his post as adjutant to Brig. Gen. Albert
Fitz John Porter went on a leave of absence from March to October 1860 after returning home to New York City from his post as adjutant to Brig. Gen. Albert
A look at travels across the High Desert of California
Flying was more than a bucket list item for Barnes and She traveled around the U.S. performing aerial demonstrations and barnstorming.
Balloon Corps, civilian aeronautical unit (1861–63) created during the American Civil War to provide aerial surveillance of Confederate troops for the Union army. Balloons supported Union campaigns from ground stations and naval vessels in the Peninsular Campaign, the capture of Island Number Ten, the Savannah Campaign, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Most balloonists before 1861 made their living as carnival performers and itinerant “professors” of chemistry. Both Thaddeus S.C. Lowe of New Hampshire and John La Mountain of New York combined entertainment with long-distance test fl...