Federico Fernández Cavada
(1831-1871)
Union Army officer
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Federico Fernández-Cavada (July 8, 1831 – July 1, 1871) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a diplomat, as well as commanding forces in Cuba's Ten Years' War. Because of his artistic talents, he was assigned to the Hot Air Balloon unit of the Union Army. From the air he sketched what he observed of enemy positions and movements. On April 19, 1862, Fernández Cavada sketched enemy positions from Thaddeus Lowe's Constitution balloon during the Peninsular Campaign in Virginia.
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8 July 1831 Cienfuegos, Cuba
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| Died |
1 July 1871 (aged 39) Puerto Príncipe, Cuba
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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