UPPER LAKE, Calif. – This month's installment of the Redwood Empire's Civil War Roundtable will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4, starting at 6:15 p.m., at the Tallman Hotel in historic Upper Lake.

This month's speakers will be Zane Jensen and Phil Smoley.

Zensen will review the Battle of Ball's Bluff, a small but important battle where a sitting US Senator was killed, and the federal commander was arrested because he lost the battle.

Smoley will do a review of events from November 1860 through October 1861, starting with Lincoln's election.

The roundtable meets monthly and attempts to review Civil War events that occurred that month 150 years ago.

Regular attendees would be able to learn of the war's events at the same pace and order as people who lived then actually did.

There is time for robust discussion after every presentation with attendees able to offer their opinions and insight.

Admission is free, and the presentations are designed to reach both the expert and the new comer.

For more information, contact Zane Zensen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Phil Smoley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..