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
And the spotsville military park, he is now working as an interpreter in military programs at the colonialsburg foundation. He lives in williamsburg with his wife johanna, and please welcome we join me in welcoming ryan quint. Well, thank you. How is everyone doing . Yeah. Everybody excited to be here . Yeah. Good. It would not be a great answer if you said no, because we are five minutes into the program. Awesome to see you and great to see some not so familiar faces. I was so excited when the program was announced with the forgotten battles of the civil war. And so my book was in 2017 and then the question was whats next . At the time i worked at the s s slosingberg park. And so when you look into some of the battles the smaller they are, the easier they are to be forgott forgotten, and i then found dranesville that i have been working on and hope the make a book out of it. So, polling the audience. Has anyone heard of the battle of dranesville . Okay. Second question, do you know wh
Leader Chuck Schumer asked Mitch Mcconnell for there to be additional witnesses called in a senate trial. John bolton, mick mulvaney. Mitch mcconnell has just responded and said that is not going to happen. Democrats not going to like that response. Meanwhile, we are also getting new words from nancy pelosi about who will lead the prosecution process from the house of representatives in the senate trial. Once the houseboats to impeach president trump, there will be a handful of impeachment officials from the house who will make their case in the senate. That willlosi said not come until the next day or so. All indications are pointing toward House Committee chairman adam schiff and House Committee tworman jerry nadler, familiar faces with this process. Kevin thanks so much to kevin cirilli. Now we turn to edward evans in london. We heard Prime Minister johnson once a brexit no matter what year. Edward so much so he has changed the law so that the transition period of that will apply af