. >> ladies and gentlemen, ryan quinn. [ applause ] >>> author dan welch talks about stone wall jackson's defensive stand at the battle in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, bying time for the confederates to launch an attack and send the union army into retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war most hosted by the civil war blog. >> dan welch is a music educator in ohio but for many many years he has had a passionate love affair. he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. he studied at the institute. you can find him in the summertime giving tours all over the field. he is also coauthor of the last road north, a guide to the gettysburg campaign which traces both armys from vir vr ginia upo pennsylvania. it's a fantastic book and modelled after the civil war trail system. later we'll hear more. it's a fantastic initiative that helps put people on the field, on the spot. it is my pleasure to introduce to you from the great state of ohio my friend,

dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> dan welch is a music educator in ohio. but for many, many years he's had a deep passionate love affair with the civil war as manufacture many of us have had and he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. he studies at the gettysburg institute. and has become a ranger at gettysburg national battlefield park where you can find him in the summer time giving tours all over the field. he's also co-author with rob orson of the civil war series book the last road north, a guide to the gettysburg campaign which traces the movements of both armies from virginia up into pennsylvania and then follows their retreat route after gettysburg. it'

this is 50 minutes. >> dan welch is a music educator in ohio. but for many, many years he's had a deep passionate love affair with the civil war as many of us have had and he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. so much so that eventually he studied at the gettysburg institute and has become a ranger at gettysburg national battlefield park where you can find him in the summertime giving tours all over the field. he's also co-author with rob orson of the emerging civil war series book "the last road north, a guide to the gettysburg campaign," which traces the movements of both armies from virginia up into pennsylvania and then follows their retreat route after gettysburg. it's a fantastic book. and it's modeled after the civil war trail system. later today, we'll hear a little bit more about the civil war trails. it's a fantastic initiative. that helps put people on the field, on the spot where great events happened. without further ado, it is my delightful pleasure to introduce to you from the great state of ohio, my friend dan welch.

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it is my delightful pleasure to introduce to you from ohio dan welch. [applause] >> good morning everyone. for we get started i would like to thank chris michalski and chris light and all of my car -- colleagues and all of you for getting up so early this morning and coming out to learn a little bit more about stonewall jackson and second manassas. he had been bruised and battered. he had been subjected to numerous federal attacks, and on the evening of august 30 some of his units had literally nothing else to get. along his right william starks brigade under the come -- command of colonel bradley johnson had been in gaetz for the last 30 minutes. the immense pressure as part of -- on jackson's position. men from new york, michigan, pennsylvania and massachusetts assailed the confederate , cartridge boxes had run dry. numerous confederates left the fight and drove skelter the dead and dying for ammunition. the guns were slowly silence. , at this to an article moment an irishman named okies yelled above the din of battle, boys, give them rocks. all along

. >> ladies and gentlemen, ryan quinn. [ applause ] >>> author dan welch talks about stone wall jackson's defensive stand at the battle in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, bying time for the confederates to launch an attack and send the union army into retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war most

. >>> up next on american history tv on c-span 3, author dan welch on confederate general stone wall jackson and the second battle of manassas in virginia. in that battle, the confederate general earned the moniker stonewall. this is 50 minutes.

up next on american history tv on c-span three, author dan welch on confederate general

on emerging civil war who were not necessarily on the bill. , rob is co-author of the book with dan welch. he has written a book on the battle of bristow station and he is currently working with kevin pollak on the maryland campaign. what do you think of great defenses? >> i work at bristow station in prince william county. octoberot go with the 1863 battle, i will go with the dials run battle -- giles run battle. there was an excellent job at bristow, in charge of the confederate rearguard, ahead of the manassas junction and knocking open the whiskey barrels and having a big pocket analie, he was in charge of holding back at bristow station. he started to get nervous as most of pope's armie arrive. he is not heard from jackson to leave bristow. if you left the field and jackson had not given you permission that usually ended up dad. as he was getting pushed across broad run he gets a note that he can withdraw and so he held off for fourhe army there hours. just a reminder, if you are following at home on c-span live, thank you for being with us. we also have live coverage on facebook. we

dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union armin

dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this