Abraham Lincoln Note

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Balloons (Aircraft).
Lowe, Thaddeus S.

Letter written July 25, 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln regarding a proposal to use Thaddeus S. C. Lowe's balloons for observation of enemy positions during the Civil War. Text reads: "Will Lieut Gen. Scott please see Professor Lowe once more about his balloon? [signed] A. Lincoln. Jul. 25, 1861."

Lincoln, Abraham

National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Image Number: WEB11070-2008

July 25, 1861

Michelle Epps

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United States

Thaddeus S. C. Lowe to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, June 16, 1861 (Telegram from balloon)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Balloons (Aircraft).
Lowe, Thaddeus S.

Transcription:
Balloon Enterprise
June 16 1861
This point of observation commands an area near fifty miles in diameter-- The city with its girdle of encampments presents a superb scene-- I have pleasure in sending you this first dispatch ever telegraphed from an aerial station and in acknowledging indebtedness to your encouragement for the opportunity of demonstrating the availability of the science of aeronautics in the military service of the country

Lowe, Thaddeus

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916.

June 16, 1861

Michelle Epps

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United States

Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Va., May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Balloons (Aircraft).
Lowe, Thaddeus S.

Thaddeus Lowe prepares one of his war balloons for ascension while members of his "balloon camp" gather around.

unknown

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, Call Number: LOT 11659 [item] [P&P]

1862

Michelle Epps

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Gaines Mill, Virginia

Fair Oaks, Virginia. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe replenishing balloon INTREPID from balloon CONSTITUTION

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Lowe, Thaddeus S.
Balloons (Aircraft).

Thaddeus Lowe utilizes his balloon "Constitution" to inflate his other war balloon, "Intrepid."

unknown

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print, Call Number: LC-B811- 2349 [P&P] LOT 4172-A (corresponding print)

May 1862

Michelle Epps

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Fair Oaks, Virginia

Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks

Balloon ascensions
Fair Oaks (Henrico County, Va.), Battle of, 1862
Lowe, Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt, 1832-1913
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Air operations
Virginia
Stereograph

Hot-air balloon being inflated, crowd watches.

Brady, Mathew B.

New-York Historical Society, Civil War Stereographs, PR-065-806-3

June1862

Michelle Epps

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Fair Oaks, Virginia

Fair Oaks, Va. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid"

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Peninsular Campaign, 1862.
Balloons (Aircraft).
Lowe, Thaddeus S.
United States--Virginia--Fair Oaks.

Thaddeus Lowe observes a battle from his balloon "Intrepid" while tethered by Union troops.

Milhollen, Hirst D. and Donald H. Mugridge

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print, Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0067,
Call Number: LC-B811- 2348 [P&P] LOT 4172-A (corresponding print)

May 31, 1862

Michelle Epps

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Fair Oaks, Virginia

Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp"

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Balloons (Aircraft).
Lowe, Thaddeus S.
United States--Virginia--Gaines Mills

Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Va., May 1862: balloon in backgrd. across field; horsemen in foreground.

unknown

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, Call Number: LOT 11659 [item] [P&P]

1862

Michelle Epps

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Gaines Mill, Virginia

Prof. T.S.C. Lowe, Civil War balloonist

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Lowe, Thaddeus S.

Professor Thaddeus Lowe standing with his horse in front of a Union encampment.

unknown

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, Call Number: LOT 2644-L [item] [P&P]

ca. 1861 and 1865

Michelle Epps

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United States

Grand Re-Opening of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Monuments -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Photographs from the grand re-opening of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, after a two-year, $2 million transformation of the 116-year-old edifice. Most of the renovation was done in the interior of the monument, with new lighting to illuminate restored stained glass and bronze relief sculptures of Civil War scenes. Marble surfaces were painted to brighten and replicate the original hues inside the monument, which was designed by local sculptor/architect Levi Scofield.

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument commemorates the American Civil War; it consists of a 125' column surrounded at its base by a Memorial Room and esplanade. The column, topped with a statue of the Goddess of Freedom, defended by the Shield of Liberty, signifies the essence of the Nation for which Cuyahoga County veterans were willing to and did give their lives. Four bronze groupings on the esplanade depict, in battle scenes, the Navy, Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry. Inside the Memorial Room are four bronze relief sculptures: Women's Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid Society, Beginning of the War in Ohio, Emancipation of the Slaves and End of the War at City Point, Va. , as well as busts of Gen. James Barnett and Architect/ Sculptor Levi T. Scofield, together with 6 officers, who were either killed in action, or died of disease or their wounds.

Jim Tabaczynski

Jim Tabaczynski

June 5, 2010

Callie McCune

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http://www.soldiersandsailors.com/

Cleveland (Ohio)

Ft Sumter Today

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Contemporary picture of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.

Denny J. Reiser

Denny J. Reiser

March 2010

Denny J. Reiser

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Charleston (South Carolina)