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Dennis Frye, our scheduled speaker for June 9, has advised us of his
creative way of bringing his program to us under conditions imposed
by the COVID pandemic, via Facebook. We encourage our members - and
others - to take advantage of this opportunity hear Dennis speak on
the Battle of Antietam. The program will be featured on Thursday,
June 11, beginning @ 7:00 p.m.
Join Dennis Frye and host Catherine Mägi for a Facebook livestream of Dennis' book, Antietam Shadows: Mystery, Myth & Machination. https://www.facebook.com/authorsreadingaloud  Tim Smith Speaks at March Round Table On March 10 Dr. Timothy B. Smith, recipient of the Round Table’s 2015 Richard Harwell Book Award, returned to the Round Table to speak on Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. His presentation was entitled "Johnston's Iron Dice of Battle," and focused on the general's willingness to take risks in various aspects of his life - including battle.
 Hampton Newsome to Receive Award for Best Civil War Book Published in 2019 The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864 , by Hampton Newsome, has been named by the Atlanta Civil War Round Table as the 2020 winner of the prestigious Richard Barksdale Harwell Award. The award-winning work was published by the University Press of Kansas. Newsome is an independent author who lives in Arlington, Virginia. In addition to The Fight for the Old North State, he is the author of Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond- Petersburg Campaign, October 1864 (Kent State University Press, 2013), a study of Grant's and Lee's battles in the weeks before the 1864 election. He is also co-editor of Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard and His Fellow Veterans (University of Virginia Press, 2012), along with John Selby and John Horn. He is currently working on a study of the Blackberry Raid against Richmond during the Gettysburg Campaign. Newsome will speak at the November 10, 2020, meeting of the Round Table. Peter Cozzens Addresses Round Table 
Historian Peter Cozzens spoke to the February Round Table meeting on Cahaba Prison. Peter discussed how conditions in this camp were superior to other prisons because of the humanity of commandant Colonel H.A.M. Henderson.
 Top Row, L-R: Gordon Jones, Brian Wills, Bruce Stewart, Emmett Hall, Penn Templeman, Mike Behan, Grant Moseley, David Vaughan, Bill Erquitt, Grady Ireland, J.D. Humphries; Seated: Gould Hagler, Dudley Ottley, Barbara Long, Vicky Frolich, David Beale, Terry Kingery. Dues for Campaign Year 2019-2020 are now payable. You may pay online via the link on this page.
The Atlanta Civil War Round Table was organized
in 1949 with the intent purpose to further the serious discussion and study of
the American Civil War.
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