Lincoln's Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe And The . . .
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Originally published | 2010 |
Authors | Gail Jarrow |
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ID | 2023411 |
About Lincoln's Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe And The . . .
On June 1, 1862, Thaddeus Lowe floated above a fierce Civil War battle in a silk hydrogen balloon. From the wicker basket dangling a thousand feet above ground, he telegraphed a message to Northern generals on the ground: Union troops were finally driving back the Confederate forces. . . .