LEADER 03231nam 22005053 450 001 9910163327803321 005 20250730080352.0 010 $a9781782896043 010 $a178289604X 035 $a(CKB)3810000000097912 035 $a(BIP)058039309 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781782896043 035 $a(Perlego)3020725 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32210120 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32210120 035 $a(OCoLC)968985407 035 $a(Exl-AI)993810000000097912 035 $a(Exl-AI)32210120 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000097912 100 $a20250730d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBalloons of the Civil War 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWaipu :$cPickle Partners Publishing,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014. 215 $a1 online resource (97 p.) 327 $aTitle page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 - BACKGROUND -- Balloonists -- Confederate Balloon Operations -- CHAPTER 3 - INITIAL BALLOON OPERATIONS -- The First Fall and Winter -- Summary -- CHAPTER 4 - THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN -- Siege of Yorktown -- On to Richmond -- Seven Pines -- Seven-Days' Battles -- Summary -- CHAPTER 5 - CHANCELLORSVILLE -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6 - CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A - WIND EFFECTS -- APPENDIX B - LITERATURE NOTES -- COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Books -- Periodicals -- Government documents$7Generated by AI. 330 8 $aThis historical study investigates the military effectiveness and combat power of Civil War balloons. The categories inherent to military effectiveness include timeliness, accuracy, usefulness, operational considerations, and logistics. Limited by available material, especially those documenting Confederate efforts, this paper highlights the history of ballooning prior to the Civil War, and focuses on the Union balloon operations during the initial fall and winter of 1861-2, the Peninsular campaign, and Chancellorsville. The analysis of the measures of effectiveness from these three periods indicates the Union balloon corps amply validated its worth. War, however, is more than just a science. In this case, the "art" of warfare better explains the collapse of Thaddeus Lowe's organization after Chancellorsville. The first two modern implications of this case study involve both the unfavorable impact of personality, and the commander's influence on the assimilation of new technology. Are we better today at bringing on line the benefits associated with technology? The final point links to the concept of battle command. With the massive infusion of information available to the modern commander, are we still sending him to the lions without a whip? 606 $aMilitary history$7Generated by AI 606 $aCivil war$7Generated by AI 615 0$aMilitary history 615 0$aCivil war 676 $a973.7 700 $aCulpepper$b L-Cmdr Steven D$01433504 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163327803321 996 $aBalloons Of The Civil War$93581699 997 $aUNINA