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Show - HILL TOP TIMES Friday, July 22, 1983 Ba Blooms is track enemy during Civil War during doubt that the By Marty Brazil Keesler AFB, Miss. ascensions the Peninsular of 1862 and in the spring Campaign - Since the beginning of warfare, one of the most pressing needs of a battlefield commander has been the need to know what was happening "on the other side of the hill." It's as true today as it was 2,000 years ago. When man first discovered how to fly using a balloon it was only a matter of days before its practical use for the military was realized. In the United States, balloonists offered their services to the military during the Seminole War in 1840 and the Mexican War in 1846. They were either refused or ignored. ' At the beginning of the Civil War, in 1861, a group of men came forward and offered their services to the Union. Much to their surprise, Abraham Lincoln gave them the Most celebrated balloonist was Thaddeus Lowe. Lowe organized a balloon corps for the Union. Lowe and his assistants made hundreds of A light telegraph wire was carried aloft and information was transmitted to the ground. Sketches were also made of the ground and the Confederate lines around Richmond were observed through telescopes. Balloons were used extensively by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside at. Fredericksburg and by Maj.. Gen. Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville. Lowe's little balloon corps operated under great difficulties being first under the Corps of Topographical Engineers and relying for its telegraphic communication on the Telegraph Corps. Then it was allowed its own telegraph train. It then came under the Quartermaster's Department and later under the Corps of Engineers. Later, still, General Hooker transferred it to the Signal Corps, who claimed they had neither the men nor the money to run it. It was then disbanded. . Military-- d. go-ahea- Book studies Soviet leaders There is no equipment was unwieldy and the balloons could not fight from the air. Still, if someone in authority with faith in the idea had. pushed and advocated enough, the balloons could have rendered an invaluable service. It would seem that military conservatism and interdepartmental difficulties robbed the federal effort of a valuable tool. The Confederates went to considerable trouble to conceal their movements whenever, a balloon, was in evidence. Confederate General Alexander commented that the Union should have kept the balloons for their nuisance value alone. The Confederates also had a balloon made out of silk dresses, contributed by the patriotic ladies of the South. As gas could only be made in the city, the inflated balloon was tied to a train and run down the York River Railroad. It was also used while fastened to a steamer. The steamer ran aground one day and was captured along with the precious ballon. (AFNS-CourtesKeesler News) of 1863. By Lt. Col. Ken White Randolph AFB, Texas A new book, "Soviet Style in War," examines the mentality of Soviet military leaders and gives excellent insight into their operational philosophies. The Soviet military's propensity to emphasize the offensive is reminiscent of Germany's infatuation with Blitzkrieg. Those of us old enough to remember know how devastating the Blitzkrieg was for those unfortunate opposing armies of the Third Reich's lightning warfare.. Avid students of military history, Soviet. leaders are on strategies that worked and those that didn't work in past wars. And this fact should sound an ominous warning for all of us. Written by Nathan C. Leites and published by the Rand Corporation, "Soviet Style in War" outlines methods Soviet military leaders use to deal with indecisive-nes- s in crisis, the proper use of time and space, and the essentiality of swiftness of action. 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