WHEELING – Pittsburgh native and historian Harry Smeltzer will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday, April 22, meeting of The Ohio Civil War Roundtable at 6:30 p.m. at the Ohio County Library.

The focus of his presentation is the accounts of the Battle of Bull Run and Rebel atrocities associated with the battle.

Smeltzer’s research is based on the findings of the 1862 Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Smeltzer has earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Penn State and Pitt Universities. He hosts the website Bull Runnings and has published articles for several Civil War magazines such as: Civil War Times, America’s Civil War and The Civil War Monitor. He also serves on the board of directors of the Historic Antietam Foundation.

The lecture is open to the public.

For further information contact Roger Micker at 304-312-7559.