glog-ssk6d hot air balloons

Air War details

some names of the balloons are: Enterprise, Constitution, Union, Intrepid(as you see in the picture) UnitedStates, Washington, Eagle, and Excelsior. they people important to the air war were thaddeus lowe Abraham Lincoln and George B. McClellan

battle of bull run Two union balloons were included in this battle . They were flown by john wise with the federal army and thaddeus lowe patrolling washington. this led into the reberl flank attacks

A Campain reguarding building more balloons was held between Norfolk and Richmond. This was the most intense activity in any war until world war 1