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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....March 20
March 4th
1861 - In Washington, inauguration ceremonies for President Lincoln were held.
1865 - U.S. President Lincoln began his second term as the 16th President of the United States. Within six weeks the war was over and Lincoln had been assassinated.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land."
- George McClellan spoke this self-appraisal shortly after he assumed command of the Union forces around Washington in 1861
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.