Intrepid being cross-inflated from Constitution, the smaller balloon, in a spur-of-the-moment attempt to get the larger balloon in the air to overlook the imminent Battle of Fair Oaks, May 1862, during the American Civil War. The balloon Intrepid, one of six to eventually be constructed by Thaddeus Lowe and the Union Army Balloon Corps. By Mathew Brady. Please note that this image is a composite of two stereographs.

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Location: United States of America
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