The Silk dress balloon

[jenna]

The last paragraph of this article is of the "silk dress" but I thought it was fitting for this area of the boards.

Lots of great info.http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/Civil_War_balloons/LTA5 .htm

Enjoy,
And remember to keep your silk dresses ladies, they might come in handy.
Jenna

[unionblue]

Jenna,

Thank you for the above link to the web site. I found it very informative.

YMOS,
Unionblue

[jenna]

Oh you're welcome. My friend Terri use to run a telegraph office out on site, and well she always has info "floating" around on the different forms of communication that both sides used. Like I said, it only had the little blurb about the "silk dress balloon" but I too found it rather interesting.

Jenna