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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 September 18
This month’s speaker is Tom Nanzig
from the Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table will present “Ten True Tales with a Twist: Part 4”. Tom’s presentations of the first three parts to our group were well received, and we look forward to Part 4.
September 5th
1863 - United States Foreign Minister to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, sent an angry letter to British Foreign Secretary Lord Russell warning that war between the two nations may erupt if it allowed two powerful ironclad ships to set sail. The two ships were designed to help the Confederates break the Union naval blockade. The letter ended with the words: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war."
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
- The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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.