The Civil War Round Table of Atlanta hosted members of the class Military History of the Civil War for its monthly meeting at the Capital City Club in downtown Atlanta on June 11, 2013.  Sy Goodman, professor of international affairs and computing in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, teaches this classs, and co-instructor John Miller, graduate student in the school of History, Technology, and Society arranged their guest passes and led the group.

National Park Service Historian Emeritus Dennis Frye, renowned expert on the Battle of Antietam, provided a detailed overview of his recent academic work covering events and perceptions preceding this important battle, as seen through the eyes of newspaper reporters.  His study of period newspapers revealed valuable new scholarship on national and international affairs surrounding the battle that empowered President Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.