Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
Civil war scholar james morgan discusses the battle of balls bluff that occurred in virginia. Five during the first year of the war, he argues this union was loss was due to misinformation and miscommunication among the officers. This event was part of pamplin historical parks big battles, small battles, big results symposium. Are forced speaker today is james morgan. Long civil war enthusiast and current president of the new fort sumter civil war roundtable in charlston and recently joined the border of the fort sumter historical trust. Jim was also a cofounder and chairman of the friends of falls isff, his tactical study widely considered to be the definitive work on that subject. Lets welcome james morgan. [applause] good morning. Everybody hear me ok . Im going to be moving around. We are good on the sound . Ok. Topic is smallur battles and large results. Balls bluff meets that criteria. A very small battle. 1700 men on each side. The numbers were almost dead even. Makes it amusing
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Historian and author william b staple, who will discuss the life of new artist james edward kelley, which he researched extensively for his book generals and bronze the commanding generals of the war. This program is made possible in part by the generous operating support from the parsons todd foundation, the new Jersey Historical commission, division of the department of state, the f. M. Kirby foundation, the mimi washington sterritt foundation, and Program Support from arestill alive hogg family foundation, the new Jersey Council for the humanity and the garden club of morristown and support from our generous members, many of whom i see in our audience. Thank you. Individual donors and. Visitors. Welcome. Macculloch hall was built by george and louisa mccullough, who emigrated from london to, new york city, in 1806, in 1810, they purchased six acres and a one story bank house from john dowdy, a commander in George Washingtons army, during the revolutionary war. The mcculloughs built
Macculloch hall Historical Museum morris towns museum. My name, tricia pone gratz. I am delighted that youre all here today to share this beautiful, finally sunny day with. We are delighted to back historian and author william b staple, who will discuss the life of new artist james edward kelley, which he researched extensively for his book generals and bronze the commanding generals of the war. This program is made possible in part by the generous operating support from the parsons todd foundation, the new Jersey Historical commission, division of the department of state, the f. M. Kirby foundation, the mimi washington sterritt foundation, and Program Support from arestill alive hogg family foundation, the new Jersey Council for the humanity and the garden club of morristown and support from our generous members, many of whom i see in our audience. Thank you. Individual donors and. Visitors. Welcome. Macculloch hall was built by george and louisa mccullough, who emigrated from london