The Civil Warriors Civil War Round Table
of the San Fernando Valley/Los Angeles will hold its next meeting of 2023 at 7:00PM Pacific Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 11, via Zoom. We will be hosting a presentation by Jay Wertz, who will be talking about “Taking Mobile in the Civil War.” Other federal priorities left Alabama's largest city and port, Mobile, untouched until late in the War. When the campaign began, it was slow and methodical, and originally under the command of Admiral David Farragut (pictured) who used lessons learned from New Orleans, Vicksburg and Charleston to take Mobile Bay in August 1864. The campaign then slowed dramatically as both US and CS department commanders, with capable leaders and forces, found their efforts shoved behind others in the late War. Jay's presentation will not only reveal the fascinating personalities and events of the campaign, which involved every type of warfare then used, but will also feature the rich Civil War and multicultural heritage of the present day Mobile area. Jay Wertz, a member of the Civil Warriors since 2014, has written eight books including two on the Civil War: "The Civil War Experience 1861-1865" and "Smithsonian's Great Battles and Battlefields of the Civil War" with co-author the late Edwin C. Bearss; as well as authoring numerous Civil War magazine articles. He was producer-director-writer of the award-winning 13-part documentary series "Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War" for The Learning Channel and Time-Life Video. He is co-founder of Monroe Publications, a company that produces and distributes historic works in print and video. He lives in Pasco County, Florida. We will send out the meeting on-line connection information several days before our meeting day (10/11/23). 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 information 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. |