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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
July 11th
1861 - Union troops under General George B. McClellan defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia.
1862 - U.S. President Lincoln handed over the job of general-in-chief to General Henry W. (Old Bains) Halleck.
1863 - Union General Quincy Gillmore attacked Battery Wagner on Morris Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The attack was easily repulsed. A much larger assault took place on July 18, but the Confederates did not evacuate until September 7, 1863.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end."
- Abraham Lincoln made this statement on February 15, 1861, while en-route to his inauguration
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.