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Balloon Corps: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1861 - 1963
Areas Of Involvement military intelligence • balloon
Related People Cyrus B. Comstock

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Thaddeus S.C. Lowe and Balloon Corps
The Union Balloon Corps and the balloon Intrepid
Union Balloon Corps near Gaines Mill, Virginia
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