General george meade and union forces from july to december 1863 as they followed confederates through virginia. This event was part of historical parks small battles, big result s symposium. Im very pleased to introduce our last speaker of the afternoon, Jeffrey William hunt, director of the military forces museum at camp maybury in austin, texas, and adjunct professor where he has taught since 1988. God bless you. Author of the last battle of the civil war and contributor to essential civil war curriculum and the gail library of daily life. American civil war. His last work is a trilogy from the final stage of the Gettysburg Campaign to the end of 1863 and includes meade and lee at mayan run due for publication next year. So lets give a welcome for jeffrey hunt. [ applause ] thank you. Its a real pleasure to be here. I appreciate jerrys invitation. Its always fun to stand in a group of people who have the same passion that you do. You dont get looked at as strangely as you do when yo
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
A panel of holocaust scholars talk about recent scholarship trends as well as new findings. They focus on the brutality of regime and the relation of the holocaust to world war ii. This was part of the world war ii museums annual conference in new orleans. The month of was june, 1944. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. Topic tom a dark probably the darkest of all also is led by some of the worlds leading scholars period. It is, of course, the holocaust. For this session, we have a asked dr. Alexander ritchie of our president ial counselors to lead dr. Gerhard weinberg. Alex has been involved with the our 2014nce conference. In those five years cannot we have kept her busy. And meetings, committees, leading a lot of educational travel tours. Deep and personal connection to the holocaust as law was himself in auschwitz. To hear the latest in holocaust scholarship and to look at what was going on in june 1940 four, it is my proof prep it is topleasure to ask dr. Richie come up. Thank you
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