Civil War talk in Grayslake:

Lake County Civil War Roundtable will feature Hainesville resident Daniel J. Johnson at the Grayslake Heritage Center and Museum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12. Johnson portrays special correspondent Thomas Morris Chester at Civil War re-enactments in northern Illinois. Chester was the only black special correspondent for a major daily newspaper during the war. For more information, visit grayslakeheritagecenter.com or call David Oberg at (847) 543-1745. Email Oberg at doberg@villageofgrayslake.com.