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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 September
This month’s speaker is
June 15th
1862 - Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart returned from his ride around the Army of the Potomac. Robert E. Lee had sent him on a reconnaissance of Union positions. On June 12, Stuart began his ride in which he circled the entire Union force.
1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln put out an emergency call for 100,000 troops from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. The call was not needed because the Confederates did not move toward Washington.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"Atlanta is ours, and fairly won."
- General William T. Sherman in a telegraph to U.S. President 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.