Tuesday, March 31, 1863
As the end of March neared and the weather improved Union Commander General Joseph Hooker anticipated a movement of the Confederate army. Surveillance balloons were deployed daily along the Rappahannock River to determine the position of the Confederates.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 41-42.
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