War of the Aeronauts
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (876 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0811713954 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Stansbury Haydon's 1941 Aeronautics in the Union and Confederate Armies to treat extensively the brief but important contributions of ballooning to the war efforts of both sides. Lowe persevered with his balloons until the late spring of 1863, when the balloon corps was shunted aside by officers not interested in this innovation; it ceased to exist after Lowe resigned and went home. Lowe, one of America's premier early aeronauts. From Publishers Weekly This is the first book since F. The chief man behind the push to use balloons as military reconnaissance weapons was Prof. Working against a hidebound military uninterested in balloons, Lowe managed to convince President Lincoln of their possible military uses and became the head of a small group of aeronauts who worked with the Union Army of the Potomac. . Wit
From 1861 to 1863 the corps contributed invaluable surveillance and reconnaissance information to the Union Army's war effort during the Virginia campaign. It also accomplished such significant military feats as the initial air-to-ground communication by telegraph, the first use of the "aircraft carrier" for launch of the balloon, and the first artillery barrage directed by an aerial observer where gun batteries were unable to see their targets from the ground. This book traces the history of the intrepid airborne force, from its creation by pioneer
Evans has written several articles about ballooning and the history of flight for such publications as Civil War Times Illustrated, American History, and Aviation. He currently resides in Reno, Nevada. . He was the founding curator of the Hiller Air Museum in Redwood City, California, where he served from 1990 to 1995. Charles M
"Civil War balloons--Who knew?" according to Morgan Thomas. I just finished reading a remarkable book about how balloons were used during the Civil War. It's entitled, The War of the Aeronauts--A History of Ballooning in the Civil War by Charles Evans and it's published by Stackpole Books.I really have to say that War of the. A "must read" book on Civil War balloons I am just estatic over this new book on Civil War balloons written by Charles M. Evans. Number one, he is an extremely engaging writer who can balance telling a good story along with the the necessary historical data to back up what he writes about (this book is vol. A Great Civil War book about Balloons! Chris Michaelson The War of the Aeronauts is a superbly written book by a very talented author. Who knew that balloons were actually used as extensively as they were during the Civil War? I didn't, that's for sure, and that is where this book does something that few books on the sub