Considered to be the definitive work on that subject. Lets market welcome james morgan. Mr. Morgan good morning, everyone. I will be moving around. We are good on sound back there . All, our topic, our theme really is a small battles and big results. Balls bluff meets those criteria. Very small battle. 1700 men on each side. The numbers were almost dead even. Tomakes it really amusing read the officers after action reports because on both sides they insist that they were terribly outnumbered by the other side. Numbers were dead even. At every point of contact during the day as the numbers are increasing up to the ultimate 1700, at every point of contact the numbers are fairly close. Small battle. Wasral Charles Stone who the Union Division commander after the war wrote to one of the first historian chroniclers of the war. He said balls bluff was like an unremarkable morning skirmish. That is what it was. If it had been bought fought in 1864, it may not even been named. In 1861. Ff was
[applause] ryan well, thank you. How is everyone doing . Everyone excited to be here . Not a great answer if you said no five minutes into the program. Awesome to have you. I was excited when the program was announced and the idea of the theme, forgotten battles of the civil war. The question became what to do next, and at the time that i worked at the fredericksburg military park, the thing about fredericksburg, they were massive battles. Huge. I like to study the smaller engagements. The problem with that, the smaller they are, the harder they are to study. So, dranesville. I was hoping to create a book out of it. I was especially excited to talk about it tonight. Poll the audience, has anyone heard of dranesville before . Whoo ryan ok. Do you know where it is . Less hands, but still a good number. It helps if you turn it on. First things first, dranesville is 15 miles east of leesburg and 20 miles west of washington, d. C. Engagement we will be talking about happens in december of 1
Washington foundation he now inks as an interpreter military programs at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation. Welcoming ryanin quint. [applause] thank you. How is everyone doing . Everyone happy to be here . Not a great answer if you said five minutes into the program. I was excited when the program of announced and the idea the theme, forgotten battles of the civil war. Question became what to do next, and at the time that i worked at the fredericksburg military park, the thing about frederick spur, there were massive battles. Huge. I like to study the smaller engagements. The problem with that, the smaller they are, the harder they are to study. So, dranesville. I was hoping to create a book out of it. To talkpecially excited about it tonight. Has anyone heard of dranesville before . Whoo ok. does anyone know where it is . Less hands, but still a good number. It helps if you turn it on. It is 20 miles west of washington, d. C. The battle the encasement we will be talking about happe
29 in the poconos. 40 degrees in trenton. And in wrightstown. As we take a look at the wider view throughout the northeast pretty much cold everywhere. Temperatures are warmer in philadelphia right now believe it or not than they are in tex texas. So its widespread across the united states. 36 overnight in philadelphia. 24 in the poconos. And allentown getting down to 29. So we have to talk about it because everybody is. The s word. Yes. There is snow in the seven day. Not everyone may get it though. Well talk more about location, location, location iain im going to sprinkle over at your house just to be funny. Thanks. Ill be back all right. I dont need to see those flake just yet, kathy. Thanks. Well see you. You bet. Later on with your full forecast of course. In Society Hill Police arrest a 13yearold after they say that student brought a gun to school. It happened at general George Mccall elementary. The school was put on lock down as authorities removed the gun which they say was r
Been doing on purpose and with his own purpose. Yesterday i said what i said with purpose to shine light on the fact that he ising badly. Reporter both men say they dont agree with each other on a lot of issues. Metcalf has said he has asked bradford multiple times to not touch him bradford says he doesnt recall a previous request but, quote this isnt the first time the chairman has gone off. Deanna durante, nbc10 news. Following a developing story. A shootout near a day care puts nearby schools on lockdown. This happened at haverford avenue and 67th street in west philadelphia. Police say two people in two cars began firing at one another around 1 00 this afternoon and one of the bullets went through the window of a day care. A nearby Overbrook High School was placed on lockdown. Nobody was hit and officers are looking for the people who fired the shots. To weather now, and the big chill is here. You are looking live at the blue cross river rink at penns landing. Ice looks great out t