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Our speaker today is james mo morgan, an longtime civil war enthusiast and host of the civil war roundtable in charleston and recently joined the board of the ft. Sumter ft. Mulldray Historical Trust and his tactical stuff balls bluff a little short of bluffs, is widely considered to be the definitive work on that subject. So, lets welcome james morgan. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. Everybody hear me okay . Im going to be moving around, so ill be using this microphone. So, were good on sound back there . Okay. First of all, our topic, our theme really is small battles and large results, and balls bluff certainly meets those criteria. Small battle, 1,700 men on each side. Numbers were almost dead even, 1,709 confederates, 1,720 federals. It makes it amusing to read the officers afteraction reports because on both sides, they insists they were terribly outnumbered by the other side. Numbers were dead even, okay . Not only the total number, but also at every point of contact during
Chairman of the friends of falls bluff, his tactical study is widely considered to be the definitive work on that subject. Lets welcome james morgan. applause good morning everyone can everyone hear me ok . I will be moving around, so this microphone can i get sound back there do you have sound back there . First of all our topic, our theme a small battles and big results. And balls bluffs meets this criteria. 1700 men on each side the numbers were almost dead even. 1709 confederate, 1700 federals. Makes him using to read the officers after actions report because on both sides they insist they were terribly outnumbered by the other side. The numbers were dead even. Not only a total number but also at every point of contact during the day as those numbers are increasing up to the ultimate 1700 or so. Every point of contact the numbers are fairly close. That is just kind of fun to read the after action reports. Small battle general charles stone, Union Division commander after the war, w
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
That. Stuart nice to meet you, nigel. I dont know the song or the guy. Mr. Wonderful walked on the set and hes not going to disturb us and well get on with things till he sits down quietly. Welcome. Look at this, look at that, dow is up 160, nasdaq up 263 and s p up 64. I like it all. Big tech please. Losers in big tech this morning . No, theres not. Apple, meta, amazon, even microsoft is up this morning. Making a noise on the set there, jimmy. Check the 10year treasury yield. Are you happy to be here . Very happy. Stuart okay, 433 on the 10year yield and keeps going up a bit. Its not hurting the nasdaq. Okay, now this. Four years ago, we were all locked down, covid had arrived and the government responded with draconian shut down policies. Now we can see what went wrong. A lot went wrong. The committee to unleash prosperity with a scathing report and this is a fairly conservative free market organization, very different from the health bureaucracies around the covid show but its a lon