View of balloon ascension. Prof. Thaddeus Lowe observing the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks from his balloon "Intrepid" on the north side of the Chicahominy.
Mathew Brady or Brady-Handy
31 May 1862 or 1 June 1862
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