Lincoln's Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps
- ISBN-10
- 1590787196
- ISBN-13
- 9781590787199
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 109
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Calkins Creek Books
- Author
- Gail Jarrow
Description
Describes the contributions made to the Union's efforts in the Civil War by Thaddeus Lowe and a corps of hot air balloonists who helped spy on the Confederate army, despite becoming targets in the war themselves.
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