Join us for this virtual event LIVE on Facebook, Tuesday, March 17th at 7 p.m. We’ll have a special St. Patrick’s Day edition of Meet the Author with Damian Shiels and a presentation about his book Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865, followed by a Q&A.

Damian Shiels is a historian of the Irish and immigrants in the Civil War. His latest book is Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865 (LSU Press, 2025). He’s the managing editor of the site Irish in the American Civil War at https://irishamericancivilwar.com/