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
Into is recruitment in the uk. The American Ambassador to the united nations, has urged fellow members of the Security Council to take the strongest possible measures against north korea. China took a different view, saying that it would never allow chaos and war on the peninsula. Yogita limaye reports from seoul. A day after north koreas most powerful Nuclear Tests, the south displayed it might. Missiles were launched from the ground and the air. It was a test run. South korea showing off how it could attack pyongyangs nuclear site. This is a strong reaction from a country that for months now has been desperately trying to avoid conflict in the korean peninsula. Across the sea in japan, the government gave worrying details about north koreas latest test. Translation the evidence suggests that the north conducted a Hydrogen Bomb test. The government had to conclude the test was a success, considering the huge power is generated. Pyongyang has successfully tested a weapon that poses a g
Soviet cosmonauts who were stealing all the thunder, the attention, and one successful or bittal mission after another. Yuri gregoire want was the first man in space but john glenn was see menned in history as our first man to ore built the earth orbit the earth. At the time it was stunning, catchup that had is far back in space race but a mission whose success later had john kennedy, my dream is on. Clayton anderson joining us on the phone. Not enough can be said of the significance of the mission, let alone what john glenn did later on in his 70s on the Space Shuttle. But how important the success of that mission was and how i turned everything around. Absolutely. I would like to think that all of my colleagues would agree with me when we say that john glenn was the astronauts astronaut. That he did it the right way. He did it with courage and grace and skill, and the fact he was the First American to orbit the earth no one can ever take that away from him, and i think thats signific
We are seeing the aussie stocks of a third of 1 , extending the gains we saw last week of five Straight Days of gains. The aussie dollar seeing a little bit of weakness. Lets take a look at how new zealand is faring. We are also looking at the opens in japan and korea. The nikkei 225 into the day on friday a third of 1 up. We could be seeing some modest gains. It is going to be a weaker yen today. 113. 81. Note trading in mumbai no trading in mumbai. It is all about china today. China has rejected fears of a hard landing as leaders outland outline their target in the latest fiveyear plan. Rule number one will be development. He acknowledges difficult times ahead. Haidi is in beijing for us. They still have this growth addiction. On the back burner. Development and growth our top priorities. He spoke to the nation and the world on saturday morning. 6. 5 or 7 out that growth target for 2016. 6. 5 is the baseline. A lot of economists saying it is far too high in order for china to be able
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