Saturday, September 12, 2026, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
San Diego Civil War Round Table: September Meeting
2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, 92108
Cost: Free
Gordon Gidlund, President of the Round Table, will give an encore presentation of “Cotton and War Economics.” The story of cotton is intertwined with the Civil War as it is intertwined with slavery. Both sides factored cotton into their strategies, fiscal as well as military. Gordon will discuss many cotton-picking matters that you may have never even known about. Arrive prepared to have your conventional wisdom challenged.