Battles of Manassas
![Telegram to Lowe from Gen F. J. Porter showing "American Telegraph Company" masthead](images/at0124a_4s-th.jpg)
Telegram to Lowe from Gen F.
J. Porter showing "American Telegraph Company" masthead,
November 30, 1861
Manuscript Division (124A.4)
![Telegram from Lowe to Gen F. J. Porter showing "American Telegraph Company" masthead](images/at0123_17s-th.jpg)
Telegram from Lowe to Gen F. J.
Porter showing "American
Telegraph Company" masthead, November 30, 1861
Manuscript Division (123.17)
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Although exchanged on the same day, these telegrams between Union
balloonist T.S.C. Lowe and Brig. Gen. Fitz-John Porter were transcribed
on different company mastheads, suggesting that the new American
Telegraph Company would sometimes still use its predecessor's telegraph
paper. General Porter was a supporter of balloons for reconnaissance,
and this exchange took place at Halls Hill, Virginia, between the
first and second Battles of Manassas.
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