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As was just said, Sherman started the practice of waging war on the civilian population. In his defense, he and Grant did stand up for Lee when the politicians wanted to try Lee for treason.
I can't think of much worse acts of terror than those on the Kansas/ Missouri border(Altho Sheridan sending smallpox infected blackets to the Indians later on might qualify)
One reason for Stuart's inability to supply Lee with intelligence on Union movements was the dramatic improvement of the Union cavalry. They hounded him and prevented him from gathering info and getting back to Lee in time. I have been told that the invasion of PA by Lee was a diversion to try to draw Union forces from Vicksburg.
USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid frame airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting. In service for less than two years, in 1935 Macon was damaged in a storm and lost off the coast of California.She was built in Akron, Ohio by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, christened on March 11, 1933 by Jeanette Whitton Moffett (wife of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett), and first flew one month later, only a few weeks after the tragic loss of her sister ship Akron (ZRS-4). Macon was commissioned on June 23, 1933 with Commander Alger H. Dresel in command.The Macon had 12 helium-filled gas cells made from gelatine-latex fabric. Designed to carry five F9C Sparrowhawk biplanes, Macon received her first aircraft on board July 6, 1933 during trial flights out of Lakehurst, New Jersey. The planes were stored in bays inside the hull and were launched and retrieved using a trapezeThe Akron was also fitted to carry and launch aircraft
