Area Civil War enthusiasts are welcome to attend the next meeting of the Jersey Shore Civil War Round Table Wednesday, Sept. 9, beginning at 6 p.m., outdoors at American Legion Post 129 in Toms River on Church Road.

This month’s program kicks off the group’s seventh year of operation and will feature Professor Hamish Lutris from Capital City Community College in Hartford, Conn. Lutris will be speaking about “The Civil War in the West,” one of the lesser understood regions in the war.