BEAUFORT -- The Beaufort County Historical Society's summer program will be held at 1 p.m. June 22 at the Beaufort County Library, second floor meeting room, 311 Scott St.

The guest speaker is Antonio Rafael de la Cova, who will discuss his new book "Cuban Confederate Colonel: The Life of Ambrosio José Gonzales."

Gonzales married Harriet Rutledge Elliott, daughter of William Elliott III of Beaufort in 1856. He served South Carolina during the Civil War. His sons Narcisco, Ambrose and William Elliott Gonzales became journalists and founded The State newspaper in Columbia in 1891.

In addition to writing the definitive biography of Gonzales, de la Cova is assistant professor of Latin American studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind.

The public is invited.