Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and aeronautics, and the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States. By the late 1850s he was well known for his advanced theories in the meteorological sciences as well as his balloon building. Among his aspirations were plans for a transatlantic flight.
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, May 1, 1863. : May 1, 1863—12 m, Major-General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff: General Reynolds says: Telegraph General Butterfield that I think General Hooker will be met…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS, May 1, 1863. My men are still under arms. The result of the demonstration was, that the enemy also got under arins. From what I have…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, May 2, 1863. May 2, 1863—12.35 p. m. General HooKER, and Commanding Officer, Sixth Corps: Gibbon reports at 12 m. that everything in our front…