The Intrepid: Discovering Lincoln's Balloon Corps
- 2013
- 27m
At a critical point of the Civil War, Professor Thaddeus Lowe and President Abraham Lincoln created the Union Army Balloon Corps which gave the North a needed military advantage. One hundred... Read allAt a critical point of the Civil War, Professor Thaddeus Lowe and President Abraham Lincoln created the Union Army Balloon Corps which gave the North a needed military advantage. One hundred and fifty years later, The Genesee Country Village and Museum of Mumford, New York, ha... Read allAt a critical point of the Civil War, Professor Thaddeus Lowe and President Abraham Lincoln created the Union Army Balloon Corps which gave the North a needed military advantage. One hundred and fifty years later, The Genesee Country Village and Museum of Mumford, New York, has recreated Lowe's largest balloon 'The Intrepid' and this unique piece of American Histo... Read all