Staff reports
Upper Lake >> By March 1865, the Civil War was drawing to a close as the Confederacy teetered near collapse. Yet the South still had 250,000 men in the field and as long as Robert E. Lee was leading them, Southerners had hopes that he would find some way to turn things around like he did so many times before. In fact, Lee had one more trick up his sleeve, and that will be the topic of the Redwood Empire Civil War Roundtable on Monday at 6:15 p.m. at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake.
“By March of 1865, the South was largely depleted of men and resources, with many of their cities captured or destroyed, and their countryside ravaged,” Phil Smoley, co-founder of the roundtable, stated. “Yet they still kept fighting. We will explore the reasons for their continuing the struggle, their options and how things turned out.”
The Civil War roundtable has been meeting monthly for four years, attempting to follow the war month by month, in recognition of the its sesquicentennial. Meetings are free and open to all ages and levels of interest. For information on the group, contact Zane Jensen at 349-6390 or Phil Smoley at 349-1008.
