Our next evening will focus on the impact of the Civil War on Irish-born men and women, their participation in the military, the catastrophic effect of the massive loss of life on the communities where they lived in the United States and on their families in Ireland. The politics of war, from the decision to join the army, to the rising resistance to the draft, to the New York Riots, are woven through the talk, but the human stories are at center stage. Irish revolutionaries