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
Palace emphatically denies the duke of york had any sexual contact with her. A court hears details of the final moments ofjodie chesneys life. She was stabbed in london. Four people are accused of her mother. The Rugby World Cup gets off a flying start with a win for the nation, japan. A flying start with a win for the nation, japan. And a news watch, reporting ben stokes distress over newspaper story about his family without telling the audience what that story said. Join us tonight at 7 45 p m. Here are bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Millions of people, including many children have been taking part in demonstrations around the world. Demanding tougher action on Climate Change. Huge crowds gathered in cities and more than 150 countries calling for governments and businesses to do more to save the planet. The teenage activist greta who purchase a loan out of this British Parliament last year is tonight leading a march in new york. 0ur correspondent, sarah campbell, has
A court hears details of the final moments ofjodie chesneys life, who was stabbed in london. Four people are accused of murder. The Rugby World Cup gets off to a flying start, with a win for the host nation, japan. And at 8. 45pm, find out ifjason solomons thinks brad pitts new astronaut film is out of this world. That and more coming up in the film review. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Millions of people including many children, have been taking part in demonstrations around the world, demanding tougher action on Climate Change. Huge crowds gathered in cities in more than 150 countries, calling for governments and businesses to do more to save the planet. The teenage activist greta thunberg, who protested alone outside the Swedish Parliament last year to draw attention to Climate Change, is tonight leading a march in new york. Our correspondent Sarah Campbell has the latest. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it now . Now the arctic could melt. Many animals could g
Buckingham palace emphatically deny the duke of york had any contact with her. A court hears more details of the final moments of the teenagerjodie chesney, stabbed in a random attack in london. Four people are accused of murder. And the Rugby World Cup gets off to a flying start. Host nation japan host nationjapan have won. And coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. Jofra archer gets his reward for a brillant debut summer with england. Hes been given a central contract for all forms of the game. Good evening. Welcome to the bbc news at six. Millions of people, including many children, have been taking part in demonstrations around the world, demanding tougher action on Climate Change. Huge crowds gathered in cities in more than 150 countries, calling for governments and businesses to do more to save the planet. The teenage activist Greta Thunberg, who protested alone outside the Swedish Parliament last year to draw attention to Climate Change, is tonight leading a march
To avoid collapse. The woman who claims she was abused by Prince Andrew speaks out. Buckingham palace emphatically denies the duke of york had any sexual contact with her. And at 11 30pm well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, madeline grant and jason beattie. Good evening. Millions of people including children and young teenagers, have taken part in demonstrations around the world, demanding tougher action on Climate Change. Huge crowds gathered in cities in more than 150 countries, they were all calling for governments and businesses to do more to save the planet. The teenage activist, Greta Thunberg, who protested alone outside the Swedish Parliament last year to draw attention to Climate Change, is tonight leading a march in new york, from where nick bryant reports. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brande