Civil war virtual symposium. Glad to have you with us. My name is chris mackowski. Our next speaker today comes to us from our sister site, emerging revolutionary war. Mark maloy is a historian with the National Parks service. This is the civil war, mark. So we decided we would let him come talk about for sometime because its as close as we can get in the war to the revolutionary war era. I say all that because mark is a delightful historian and wonderful guy. I wish i could get him to laugh on you. Is most distinctive feature is his laugh, which we love to get him pumped up and going. We are delighted to have him today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumner. Mark . Thank you very much for that introduction, chris. [laughs] its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We love to have done it in person, but being able to do a digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it as well. As chris mentioned, my main passion is the Ame
The revolutionary war era. Mark is a delightful historian. I wish i could get him to laugh on q. His most on cue. His most distinctive feature is is left. Were delighted to have him speak on the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Mark thank you very much for that introduction, chris, and its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We would love to have done it in person, but being able to do it digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it, as well. But yeah, as chris mentioned, my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. But i worked for the National Park service, and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. I actually started my career with the National Park service as an intern down at fort sumter in charleston, South Carolina. I worked there for about a year, in charleston, South Carolina, if youve never been, its a beautiful town. Theres a lot of history, revolutionary war history, but most people associate
Revolutionary war. Mark malloy is a historian with the National Park service and he is like, what can i do this revolutionary war . I said, this is the civil war. We decided we would let him talk about fort sumter because it is as close as we can get to the revolutionary war era. Asay that because mark is delightful historian, wonderful guy, wish i could get him to laugh on cue. [laughter] his most distinctive feature is his laugh. We are delighted to have him come here today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Mark thank you so much for that introduction, chris. It is a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We would love to have done in person, but being able to do it digitally is a wonderful way to do it as well. Mentioned my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. Work for the National Park service and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. I started my career with the National Park service
Lord have mercy. May all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from arizona. Mr. Ohalleran i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches side of the aisle. For what purpose does the entleman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Ohalleran i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Ohalleran thank you, madam speaker. In supporty to speak of my blackwater trading post and transfer act which passed the house of representatives by voice vote yesterday. Like to thank chairman
Muskets, carbines and revolvers. The professor describes technological advances that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy. All right, guys. How are yall doing today . Welcome to class. Today as i talked about a little bit earlier this week we have a special lecturer here. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science here at gillford Technical Community college. What you may not know about the doctor is that hes a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, he collects a host of artifacts which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a phd. Earned his dockerate from texas christian fort worth. It was a while ago but hes an expert. If you get an opportunity to take a class with him, take a class. So were going to continue to and we get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war. So without further ado i will hand the class over to