Join us at 6:30 PM, October 28, at Jack’s Restaurant & Bar, located at the Northwest corner of the Westgate Shopping Mall in San Jose, near Campbell (1502 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, CA 95129) and via ZOOM. This month’s topic is

Mark Costin on “The Civil War Campaigns Against the Apache and the Navaho”

At the conclusion of the Civil War New Mexico campaign, the victorious Union appointed James Henry Carleton as commander of the Department of New Mexico. Carleton considered the local Native American tribes, the Apache and Navajo, grave threats and pursued a relentless campaign against them. This talk describes these little-known campaigns, which had severe consequences for the Native Americans in the West.

Mark Costin is an engineer living in Sunnyvale, California, recently retired from working on functional safety for automated and autonomous vehicles. A longtime history enthusiast, Mark now has more time to devote to his hobby. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, an M.Eng. from McMaster University, and a B.Eng. from McGill University.