The Civil Warriors Civil War Round Table
 will hold its next meeting at
7:00PM Pacific Daylight Time on
Wednesday, September 14, via Zoom. We
will be hosting a presentation by Gordon
Gidlund who will talk about “Civil War
Prisoner of War Exchange Procedures.”

What was Robert E. Lee really worth to the
Confederacy? What was U. S. Grant really
worth to the Union? The answer in both cases
is 60 privates. And that is official! If either
had been captured, 60 privates was their
exchange value according to the convention
on exchange of prisoners. Gordon Gidlund,
Program Director of the Inland Empire Civil
War Round Table, will present our
September program, “Civil War Prisoner of
War Exchange Procedures.” He will explain
how the system for exchange of prisoners
came about, how it was administered and
problems encountered with exchanges.

The Inland Empire Round Table recently
welcomed Gordon Gidlund as their new
program chair. Previously, Gordon served as
treasurer of the San Diego Round Table.
Originally from Wisconsin, Gordon is a
retired attorney who practiced for 35 years in
the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, and taught
for 17 years as an adjunct professor at the
University of San Diego School of Law. He
first became fascinated by the Civil War
during the centennial of 1961-1965. He has
given talks on a range of subjects such as
Johnston’s surrender, McClellan’s
rehabilitation, pre-war politics, the Lincoln-
Douglas debates, sectarian causes, soldiers’
motivations, monetary policies, peace
negotiations, the Trent Affair, and
Shakespeare’s influence. He lives in San
Diego with his wife Linda.

We will be meeting via the Zoom meeting
app. We will send out the meeting on-line
connection information shortly before our
meeting day (9/14/22). Please plan on
beginning your hookup a few minutes before
the 7:00PM Pacific meeting time. If you are a
first time visitor to the Civil Warriors, please
contact us at cwrtsfv@gmail.com for info
regarding the hookup. Guests, new members
and returning members are always welcome
to join us for this and future meetings! If you
can’t make this meeting, please consider one
of our exciting upcoming meetings noted in
our Future Presentations section.