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Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table
Dedicated to preserving the History and Stories of The American Civil War
The next KCWRT Meeting....in June at 7:30pm
This month’s speaker is
June 8th
1861 - In Tennessee, voters approved a referendum to secede from the Union.
1862 - In the Shenandoah Valley, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson won the Battle of Cross Keys. Cross Keys was a prelude to the larger Battle of Port Republic on June 9.
1863 - Confederate Nathan Bedford Forrest learned that Union General Samual D. Sturgis was moving toward Tupelo, Mississippi. In response, Forrest selected Brice's Crossroads for an attack on the Union cavalry. The plan worked and Forrest was able to capture 1,600 troops, 16 cannons and 176 supply wagons.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it."
- Abraham Lincoln
KCWRT Activities
Albert Castel Book Award
Historical Preservation Efforts
Albert Castel Book Award
To stimulate new scholarship on the Civil War, every other year KCWRT presents the Albert Castel Book Award to the author of the best recent book on the Civil War in the Western Theater.
WMU History Day 2023
Historical Preservation Efforts
Albert Castel Book Award
To help promote local interest in the Civil War, KCWRT awards an annual prize for the best Civil War-related entry in the Kalamazoo District Michigan History Day Competition.
Historical Preservation Efforts
Historical Preservation Efforts
Historical Preservation Efforts
KCWRT has conducted fund raisers to support numerous preservation efforts over the years. Generally, this is in the form of a donation to a preservation fund organized to save a specific Civil War site from development.