Lincoln's flying spies : Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War balloon corps / Gail Jarrow.
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TextPublication details: Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2010.Description: 109 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781590787199 (lib. bdg.)
- 1590787196 (lib. bdg.)
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Balloons -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations -- Juvenile literature
- Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913 -- Juvenile literature
- Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Ballooning -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Balloons
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations
- Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913
- Aeronautics, Military -- History
- Ballooning -- History
- United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War
- Military aeronautics -- United States -- History
- Balloons -- History
- E 492.7 .J37 2010
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Describes the contributions made to the Union's efforts in the Civil War by Thaddeus Lowe and a corps of hot air balloonists who helped spy on the Confederate army, despite becoming targets in the war themselves.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-103) and index.
Eye in the sky -- Following the clouds -- Aeronaut over Washington -- Balloon Corps is born -- "The most shot-at man in the war" -- Into battle -- Final conflict -- Grounded.
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