TY  - GEN
AU  - McKnight,A.A.
TI  - A. A. McKnight papers,
KW  - Bryan, John Randolph.
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Army
KW  - United States
KW  - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 105th (1861-1865)
KW  - Aeronautics, Military
KW  - Balloons
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Aerial operations, Confederate
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - ALS (13 April 1862) containing Union army officer A. A. McKnight's eyewitness account of the balloon ascent by Confederate army officer John Randolph Bryan in the South's first attempt at aerial operations.  McKnight also describes other incidents relating to his service with the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.  Includes photocopy of an article (1996) concerning Bryan and Confederate aerial operations
ER  -