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The Blue Ridge Civil War Round Table will meet Tuesday, March 14 to hear a Virginia historian discuss the Battle of Fredericksburg, which found Irish soldiers from the North and South facing each other in deadly combat.
Kelly J. O’Grady, a historian with the National Park Service, will speak on “The Irish Victory at Fredericksburg” at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Sperryville Bookshop in the historic village of Sperryville.
The speaker is the author of a new book “Clear the Confederate Way!” which examines the important role that the Irish played in the South and in the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee. Thousands of Irish immip-ants, new to America, fought in the Civil War on both sides,
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