UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Redwood Empire Civil War Roundtable will have its next presentation on Monday, March 3, at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake, starting at 6:15 p.m.

Roundtable co-founders Zane Jensen and Phil Smoley will each being doing a presentation dealing with events that occurred 150 years ago in March.

Jensen will focus on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who was appointed supreme commander of all Union armies in March 1864.

Jensen will review Grant's biography and his planned strategies for the coming spring campaign.

Smoley will address all the other happenings going in the country during March 1864, including the Red River Campaign in Louisiana, the Dahlgren Raid on Richmond and the political situation at the time.

The Civil War Roundtable meets once a month to discuss topics related to that war, and is attempting to review the war month by month. The group was founded to coincide with the Sesquicentennial of the conflict.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

For more information, contact Phil Smoley, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-264-4905, or Zane Jensen, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-349-6390.