Past Event
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
San Diego Civil War Round Table
2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, 92108
Cost: Free
Professor Edward Blum of SDSU will speak on “Counting in a Time of Crisis: A Discussion on the Census and the Civil War.” He will explore how the United States conducted its national census amid the upheaval of the Civil War and how President Abraham Lincoln turned to census officials and population data as tools of wartime governance.