[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon]" – Historic Reproduction
![[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon]", [no date recorded on caption card] — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0f/0fe97cd9cbcd-L.webp)
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[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon]" comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon]"
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Lowe is about to ascend in this view, with soldiers pressed close around the balloon's car, and the title places the scene at his balloon camp near Gaines' Mill, Virginia, in May 1862. That was during the Peninsula Campaign, when Union forces were advancing toward Richmond. Lowe, a civilian aeronaut, worked with the Army to observe enemy positions from the air, and he relayed what he saw to commanders on the ground, some of it by telegraph. The caption card itself carries no date, so the May 1862 date rests on the title alone.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | LOT 11659 [item] [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) |
| Genre | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: CW--Signal Corps; CW--Camps--G-M-; CW--Balloons; BI; Shelf. |
| Subjects | 1 photographic print. |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 963 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172341 |
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