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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 t ....
Im David Carroll from chicago. Hi, david. Hi. In the last year published in the journal of the Abraham Lincoln association there has been great speculation on mary lincoln purchasing penny royal at dill lards drugstore in springfield when she was pregnant with tad who was born with a cleft palate. Penny royal is used to rid dogs of fleas or induce abortion. Do you have insight on this recent scholarship . Im sorry. I cant comment on that. My recent move and dislocation of many of my books and pieces meant that i dont have the 41 of oh mary lincoln but moving from ireland was difficult. I would say from my reading i have no evidence from her letters or otherwise that there would be any way i could comment or believe she was trying to not have a fourth child. The lincolns were besoted by their children. They were very proud and devoted that when she suffered family tragedies an ....
Nearly 100 NPR readers gave their views on encouraging kids to do tasks on their own at home and in the community. Some are opposed to the practice for safety reasons. Others shared personal stories. ....
Nearly 100 NPR readers gave their views on encouraging kids to do tasks on their own at home and in the community. Some are opposed to the practice for safety reasons. Others shared personal stories. ....