Nonprofit aims to save Civil War's 'Kitty Hawk'

Associated Press Saturday 26th November, 2011

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (AP) -- It was the Civil War's "Kitty Hawk moment," and it happened here when balloons manned by Confederate and Union aeronauts floated above a field of battle - the first time warring armies sent their air ships aloft simultaneously over U.S. soil.

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