Thaddeus Lowe, who once worked for President Lincoln doing aerial reconnaissance work, eventually came to Pasadena to ...

On June 16, 1861, inventor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1832-1913) sent a telegraph from his hot air balloon flying above the Constitution Mall in Washington D.C. to President Abraham Lincoln, to prove ...

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

Looking out from the Smithsonian Castle in the middle of the National Mall, one has a bird's-eye view of much of the pageant of American history. Library of Congress One of my predecessors as ...

Thaddeus S. C. Lowe was hired by Abraham Lincoln to head the Union Army’s aeronautics division. His primary task was to investigate the use of hot air balloons for reconnaissance during the Civil War ...

During the Civil War, Steiner served as a balloonist for the Union forces with Thaddeus S.C. Lowe's Balloon Corps. As a civilian in 1863, Steiner gave a tethered balloon ride to German officer, ...

Lowe’s has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Artisan Design Group for over $1.3 billion, the Mooresville-based home improvement company said Monday. ADG will expand Lowe’s Pro service ...