Dear VA-HIST List members,

 

A friend in the Irish American Society of Greater Richmond asked that I
post the following announcement of a historical program that should be
of interest to a number of people on the list.  It is appended below.

 

Gregg Kimball

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THE IRISH IN THE CIVIL WAR

Time: Thursday, May 6, 2004, 7:15 p.m.

Location: Dumbarton Public Library, 6800 Staples Mill Road, Richmond

Information: 262-6507

Sponsored by:  The Irish American Society of Greater Richmond

 

Irish American historians Kelly J. 0'Grady and Neil Hanlon will speak on
the role of Irish or Irish American soldiers who fought in the Civil
War.

 

Kelly J. O'Grady, a National Park Service historian at the
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, and the author
of the book, Clear the Confederate Way: The Irish in the Army of
Northern Virginia," will speak about the Irish soldiers who fought for
the Confederacy.

 

Neil Hanlon will speak on the Irish who fought on the Northern side.
Neil is the proprietor of the "The Irish Brigade Store" in Williamsburg,
which he founded in 1995 in remembrance of his great-grandfather Timothy
O'Neil and his comrades in arms.  Sergeant O'Neil, a spirited teenager,
served with the Irish Brigade from 1861 to 1864. 

 

Light refreshments will be served after the lectures.

 

 

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