clayfeeter
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I've always wondered what would have happened had the Union Army continued their hot air balloon program.
Question #1
What battles can you list that would have been turned around very dramatically had the Union continued using hot air balloons?
My vote is:
1. Perryville -- where an acoustic shadow kept Sheridan on the far right from even knowing there was a battle he needed to help with on the far left -- and
2. Second Manassas, where with pre knowledge of Longstreet's pending flank attack, even Pope may have come out smelling like rises....(AND the Fitz Porter cashiering case may have never happened).. and
3. Antietam NO doubt.. cause McClellan's Pry House vantage wasn't terrific (plus AP Hill coming in from Harpers Ferry would have been spotted from a long ways away)
AND
Question #2
What battles would have been little affected by balloons in the air?
(I am going to suggest heavily treed Chickamauga and The Wilderness for starters in that category)
Question #1
What battles can you list that would have been turned around very dramatically had the Union continued using hot air balloons?
My vote is:
1. Perryville -- where an acoustic shadow kept Sheridan on the far right from even knowing there was a battle he needed to help with on the far left -- and
2. Second Manassas, where with pre knowledge of Longstreet's pending flank attack, even Pope may have come out smelling like rises....(AND the Fitz Porter cashiering case may have never happened).. and
3. Antietam NO doubt.. cause McClellan's Pry House vantage wasn't terrific (plus AP Hill coming in from Harpers Ferry would have been spotted from a long ways away)
AND
Question #2
What battles would have been little affected by balloons in the air?
(I am going to suggest heavily treed Chickamauga and The Wilderness for starters in that category)
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