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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....February 20
Evan Kutzler
is an assistant professor of history at Georgia Southwestern University. He is the author (with photographer Jill Stuckey) of Ossabaw Island: A Sense of Place.
He will look at “The U.S. Soldier's Lived Experience at Andersonville“
February 17th
1862 - The Virginia was launched.
1864 - The Hunley went back into the water and headed out of Charleston Harbor and approached the U.S.S. Housatanic. The Hunley torpedoed the other vessel and became the first submarine to sink a ship in battle. The Hunley sank before it returned to Charleston.
1865 - Soldiers under Union General William T. Sherman's amry ransacked Columbia, South Carolina. The army left three days later.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"I earnestly believe that the consequences of this day's work will be to the lasting advantage, if not the very salvation, of the country,"
- U.S. President Lincoln after being re-elected on November 8, 1864.
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.