The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, in Room #20 on the second floor of the Justice Center, in Sylva. All are invited to meet author Suzy Barile, and join round table friends at 5 p.m. for dinner at Bogart's in Sylva.  A social hour will follow at 6:30 p.m. at the Justice Center, and the presentation will be at 7 pm.
Barile, author of "Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle and a Yankee General," will discuss her recent non-fiction book.  Ella Swain, Barile's great-great-grandmother, was the daughter of David Swain, president of the University of North Carolina and former Governor of N.C.  General Smith Atkins, of Illinois, abhorred slavery and greatly admired Abraham Lincoln.  Spirited Ella Swain had been raised in a ...