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 ball s bluff a little short of bluffs, is widely considered to be the definitive work on that subject. so, let s welcome james morgan. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. everybody hear me okay? i m going to be moving around, so i ll be using this microphone. so, we re good on sound back there? okay. first of all, our topic, our theme really is small battles and large results, and ball s 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 after-action 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
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 what s 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, d
washington foundation he now inks as an interpreter military programs at the colonial williamsburg foundation. welcoming ryanin quint. [applause] thank you. how is everyone doing? everyone happy to be here? not a great answer if you said five minutes into the program. i was excited when the program of announced and the idea the theme, forgotten battles of the civil war. question became what to do next, and at the time that i worked at the fredericksburg military park, the thing about frederick spur, there were massive battles. huge. i like to study the smaller engagements. the problem with that, the smaller they are, the harder they are to study. so, dranesville. i was hoping to create a book out of it. to talkpecially excited about it tonight. has anyone heard of dranesville before? whoo! ok.: does anyone know where it is? less hands, but still a good number. it helps if you turn it on. it is 20 miles west of washington, d.c. the battle the encasement we will be talking
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whole has benefited from my campaign. we ll introduce you to the new prosecutor in cuyahoga county. we have team coverage for you this morning. sarah phinney following what is next for the governor. corrina pysa on a race so slim it s too close to call and nick foley with a huge upset in the cuyahoga prosecutor rain. first, the rain is moving in on ur area and let s get started with somara theodore. and good morning, northeast ohio. we saw a lot of lightning out there overnight and heard the rolls of roles of thunder. let s get to the radar and see where we re at now and this is a system that brought all the rain over wisconsin and as we zoom in you can see that is areas east of cleveland and ashtabula county on along 90 and into the area. you re seeing the more moderate head throughout the morning and this should begin to dry out and restricted to areas east of cleveland and this is a look at the temperatures in the 50s and fees feels like 53 in cleveland and 49