PROFESSOR THADDEUS LOWE
THE CIVIL WAR YEARS
Thaddeus Lowe shortly after the Peninsular Campaign - National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institute
Civil War Newspaper Drawings and Articles
Civil War Official Records Referencing Balloons Submitted by Others
Lowe Civil War Dispatches: June 1861 - March 1862
Lowe Civil War Dispatches: March 1862 - May 1863
Summary of Balloon Operations During the Civil War
Thaddeus Lowe's Escape from South Carolina - April, 1861
First Meeting with President Abraham Lincoln - June 11, 1861
Lowe sends telegram to Abraham Lincoln from Balloon - June 18, 1861
Second Meeting with President Abraham Lincoln - June 18, 1861
Professor Joseph Henry's Report on Lowe's Ballooning - June 21, 1861
Lowe is Passed Over Twice and Misses the First Battle of Bull Run - July 1861
Lowe in Desperation to Help Army is Nearly Shot and Captured in Free Flight - July 24, 1861
Abraham Lincoln Appoints Lowe as Chief Aeronaut and Orders General Scott to Comply - July 25, 1861
Convincing the Army of the Importance of Aerial Reconnaissance and Confederate Reaction - 1861
First Successful Aerial Directed Artillery Bombardment on Unseen Enemy - September 24, 1861
Thaddeus Lowe Invents the Portable Hydrogen Gas Generator for Field Operations - 1861
Thaddeus Lowe Organizes the Balloon Corps of the Unites States Army - 1861
Observation from the George Washington Barge - November 12, 1861
The Problem of the Free-Flying John La Mountain - 1861/1862
Preparation for the Peninsular Campaign - 1862
Source of General McClellan Being Cautious - 1862
Unplanned Flight of General Fitz-John Porter - April 11, 1862
Confederate High Regard for Aerial Reconnaissance: 1861-1864
Cautious McClellan Wastes the Month of April Taking Yorktown - 1862
General McClellan's Lost of Confidence in Aerial Reconnaissance - 1862
Lowe's Balloon Corps Moves Ahead of Cautious Union Cavalry - May 5, 1862
Lowe Finds and Secures Ideal Artillery Location at Gain's Farm - late May 1862
Balloon Corps Comes Under the Direction of General A. A. Humphreys - May 26, 1862
Aerial Reconnaissance Discovers Confederate Buildup Opposite Fair Oaks - May 29, 1862
Lowe Warns of Confederate Attack at Fair Oaks Train Station from Mechanicsville - May 31, 1862
Near Coup De Grace of Confederate Leadership From Aerial Directed Artillery - May 31, 1862
Lowe Warns of Second Attack by Confederates at Fair Oaks - June 1, 1862
Map of Richmond Used by Lowe - June 14, 1862
Aerial Reconnaissance Saves Army from Rout at Mechanicsville and Gaines Mill
Malaria and McClellan Doom the Peninsular Campaign to Failure for the Union Army - 1862
Lowe Contracts Malaria and Misses Second Battle of Bull Run - Summer 1862
Get Well Letter from General A. A. Humphreys - July 23, 1862
Balloon Corps is Lost in the Shuffle and Misses Antietam Battle - 1862
Non Use of Balloon Corps by General Burnside Until Day of Fredericksburg Battle - 1862
Lowe Defending Against False Statements from Dismissed Aeronaut - 1862/1863
Lowe Defending Against False Statements from Non-Balloonist - 1863
Lowe Defending Against an Congressional Inquiry - 1863
Balloon Corps Placed Under Incompetent Captain by General Hooker - 1863
Thaddeus Lowe in Balloon Corps Camp - April, 1863
Lowe Serving Through Chancellorsville Battle and Resigning - 1863
Letter from Major General George Stoneman to Thaddeus Lowe - July 10, 1863
Letter from Thaddeus Lowe to Professor Joseph Henry - July 15, 1863
Lowe Petition to the United States Senate - April 28, 1864
The War of Rebellion Complete Correspondence - 1899
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army - 1865
Ballooning After The Civil War - 1865
Review of Reviews Magazine - 1911
The Photographic History of the Civil War - 1911
Civil War Times Illustrated - September 1985
Military History - February 1988
Critical book review of "TO THE GATES OF RICHMOND - THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN" by Stephen W. Sears
Thaddeus Lowe shortly after the Civil War - Lance S. Ferm collection