De Rozier's experimental system consists of a hydrogen balloon and a hot air balloon tied together ... 1794-1945—Balloons Used in Wars: From the U.S. Civil War, through World Wars I and II ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

Along with Tom Crouch, a senior curator at the National Air and Space Museum ... since he’s an expert on Civil War ballooning himself. A balloon crew from Digital Design & Imaging Service ...

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