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.