test. test test. test test test. . . . he stormed out of headquarters without orders, down the street, to the dock side, commondeered a steamer and went to forth fi fi. when he arrived, he got anything but an optimistic greeting. i am come to share your feet, you are to be sacrificed. despite his gloomy prediction, and even though he had barely 1 15000 troops in the force. in the woods, general cherry deployed his troops in lines stretching from the atlantic beach across the peninsula to the backs of the peninsula. in the rear, a secondary line faced northward where terry feared a confederate attack from the rear. and reinforcements had been sent south. 6,000 troops from north carolina. they were seasoned combat troots, sent to defend their home state and they were ready to do battle. it was the general s worst fear, especially if a rear attack came at night when the federal fleet could not provide federal support for fear of hitting federal
crestcom bank center for military studies. gragg s work on battle of gettysburg won an award for best civil war book that year and his history of fort fisher earned a prestigious fletcher pride award for civil war history is that s given out yearly from the new york city civil war roundtable. let s give rod gragg a warm welcome. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. pleasure for me to be in a room full of historians and i say that seriously because i have learned, i may write a lot but the folks who really know the civil war are those of you who read a lot. and i appreciate that. before i begin, if you don t mind i would like to tell you the story about the young history major who decided after he got a bachelor s degree in history that probably ought to go get a masters degree in business so he could earn a living. [ laughter ] so he was accepted and enrolled in a distant prestigious school of business. and wondered soon after he got there if he made the right decision becaus
for me, even though i had some really tough news to deliver to them, it was a special and heartfelt time to be with family. reporter: that was the closest he came to choking up, and he takes strength in the lord a tremendous partner lieutenant boyd rutherford, ready to take over, should he be needed to step up. and today virginia governor terry mcauliffe, along with his wife, sent greetings and messages to governor hogan. they send him his best and prayers for his strength. the latest live from prince george s county maryland. chris gordon, news4. thanks chris. lawmakers and others in the state are also sending governor hogan their west wishes. tracee wilkins just spoke with prince george s county executive baker. tracy? reporter: twitter lit up as soon as this information came out. we saw a number of state officials and also local officials who were commenting and wishing him the absolute best. county executive baker was one of them. we spoke with him just a few seco
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