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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....on October 16
This month’s speaker is Dan Masters
Dan will be presenting him with the 2026 Albert Castel Award for his book on the Stones River Campaign Hell By The Acre.Dan spoke to us in May 2025 on Stones River, so this month, in addition to saying a little about his book, he will give a talk on "Drunk or Diabetic: The Misadventures of General Sam Sturgis at Brice's Crossroads"
October 14th
1863 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee attempted to drive the Union army out of Virginia but failed when he was repelled by a larger Union force.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
- The 13th Amendment from the U.S. Constitution (ratified December 6, 1865).
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.