DERBY - The Civil War in the West will be the topic of a talk by Hamish Lutris, Associate Professor of History at Housatonic Community College, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Derby Neck Library.
Lutris will guide attendees through an ill-fated Confederate expedition in 1862 to gain a path to the West and its mineral riches.
Kit Carson defends the area for the Union Army.
The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.
For information call 203-734-1492.
- This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The New Haven Independent.
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