Have accumulated and theyve led to this really distorted view of both men. But today well be talking about Braxton Bragg. Earl has written a fantastic biography of Braxton Bragg, i believe we have kolpi copies of volume as well. Earls going to speak to us today about a topic. Im pleased to see were not going to hear crickets here because the topic is Braxton Bragg who is the butt of all jokes and of course civil war historians. Not a particularly humorous crew. It is my pleasure to welcome earl hess. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, pete, very much, for that generous introduction. Thinking about it this morning, what made me do this book, and i think it really is what pete mentioned. That whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name Braxton Bragg, theres a titter of laughter coming up from the audience. Because he in some ways is kind of almost a joke. In some ways. In other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. And also the question this morning that someone
We begin with rob in morgan city. Rob. Reporter hey, charles, if you can hear me there, i dont have isp, i hope you can hear me, but were in morgan city, louisiana. Ive lost my earpiece out here in this nasty storm weve got here. Still barry is a Tropical Storm at this point here in southern louisiana. It could become a hurricane here at any minute. Were about 75 miles east of new orleans which is where a lot of the attention for this storm has been because it is a lowlying area, very populated area. But here just to west is where were really getting hammered. Were not too far away from the storm which is making its way onshore. Were here on a lake which looks like the gulf, its just getting pounded so hard. The waves are high, and this is usually just a flat lake that you can ride your boat around on. Not today though. Here in morgan city weve seen gusts at about 55 miles an hour, sustained winds a little lower than that and a lot of pounding rain as these outer bands and now a little
Hurricane, the first of the year, and while the storm system has lost a little of its kick, tonight, Tropical Storm barry continues to hammer the gulf coast. Barry is packing winds of up to 65 miles per hour. Torrential rains and flash flooding remain a major problem. States of emergency have been declared in louisiana and in mississippi. The storm came ashore just before 2 00 this afternoon eastern time near morgan city, louisiana, 85 miles west of new orleans. Less than an hour later, it was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, but this is still a fierce weather system. David begnaud begins our coverage tonight from morgan city. Reporter its been nonstop rain all day, jim, but the wind has become the story. The mayor says we all thought this was going to be water event so far, it has been a wind event. Downtown here in morgan city, it is a ghost town. But the mayor says 90 of people decided to stay here, refusing to leave. We are on the river wall. This protects the city from the atchafal