
| Name | Side / Status / Rank | First Ascent / Main Body |
| ABBOT, Henry L. | UA-Officer, Lieutenant | |
| ALEXANDER, Porter E. | UA-Officer, Brig. General | (Z) |
| ALLEN, Ezera | UA-Professional balloonist | (Z) |
| ALLEN, James | UA-Professional balloonist | (Z) |
| AUCHMUTY, (U) | UA-Officer | |
| BEAUMONT, Fred E. | UA, Officer, British military observer | (Z) |
| BERRY, Hiram | UA-Officer, Colonel | |
| BRADY, Mathew | UA, Photographer | |
| BROWN, Junis | UA, position unknown | |
| BRYAN, John Randolph (2) | CA-Officer, Captain | 11 Apr. 1862 (Z) |
| BUFORD, N.B. | UA-Officer, Colonel | (Z) |
| CHEVES, Langdon | CA-Officer, Captain | 27 Jun. 1862 (Z) |
| COLBURN, Leyard | UA-Officer, Major | |
| COLGATE, Clinton G. | UA-Officer, Colonel | |
| COWDEN, Robert | UA-Officer, Colonel | |
| CUSTER, George A. (U) | UA-Officer | 22 Apr. 1862 (Z) |
| DICKERSON, John R. | UA-Officer, Captain | Oct. 1861 (Z) |
| FRENO, Jacob C. | UA-Professional balloonist | (Z) |
| HEINTZELMAN, Samuel P. | UA-Officer, Major General | (Z) |
| HELME, William H. | UA-Dentist | |
| HOOKER, Joseph | UA-Officer, Major General | |
| HUMPHRIES, A.A. | UA-Officer, Major General | (Z) |
| LaMOUNTAIN, John (1) | UA-Professional balloonist | 31 Jul. 1861 (Z) |
| LOWE, Thaddeus S. | UA-Professional balloonist | 18 Jun. 1861 (Z) |
| MACOMB, John N. | UA-Officer, Colonel | |
| MAGRUDER, John B. | CA-Officer, General | (Z) |
| MARTINDALE, James H. | UA-Officer, General | |
| MASON, Ebenezer | UA-Professional balloonist | (Z) |
| MAYNADIER, H.E. | UA-Officer, Captain | |
| McCLELLAN, George B. | UA-Officer, Major General | (Z) |
| MOSES, Isaac | UA-Officer, Captain | |
| ORORKE, P.H. | UA-Officer, Lieutenant | |
| PAULLIN, William | UA-Professional balloonist | 31 Jul. 1861 (Z) |
| PORTER, Fitz John (2) | UA-Officer, General | 11 Apr. 1862 (Z) |
| SEAVER, Ebenezer | UA-Professional balloonist | (Z) |
| SICKELS, Daniel E. | UA-Officer, General | (Z) |
| SMALL, William F. | UA-Officer, Colonel | |
| SMITH, William F. | UA-Officer, General | |
| SPRING, Parker | UA, telegrapher | |
| STARKWEATHER, J.B. | UA Professional balloonist | (Z) |
| STEINER, John H. | UA-Professional balloonist | (Z) |
| STONE, Charles P. | UA-Officer, General | |
| STONEMAN, George | UA-Officer, Major General | |
| TOWNSEND, George Alfred | UA, Reporter | (Z) |
| WARE, W.W. | UA, position unknown | |
| WHIPPLE, Amiel W. | UA-Officer, Captain | |
| WISE, John | UA-Professional balloonist | 2 Aug. 1861 (Z) |
| ZEPPELIN, Ferdinand von | UA, German military observer | 19 Aug. 1863 (Z) |