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WHEELING -- Harry Smeltzer will present a lecture at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 24, on the 69th New York State Miltia's actions at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861.
The regiment was assigned to William Techumseh Sherman's brigade.
The Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable will welcome Smeltzer for this lecture.
Smeltzer is a resident of Pittsburgh and earned degrees at the Pennsylvania State University and the Katz School of the University of Pittsburgh.
He has also had work published in the Journal Civil War History, The Civil War Monitor, Civil War Times and America's Civil War.
He sits on the board of directors of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation and serves as a tour guide of the First Bull Run battlefield as well as host of the website Bull Runnings.
The lecture will be held at the historic West Virginia Independence Hall's courtroom.
It is open to the public and free of charge, although donations are welcome. For more information, text Roger Micker at 304-312-7559.