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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 June at 7:30pm
This month’s speaker is
May 31st
1862 - The Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) took place when General Joseph E. Johnston's Army attacked George McClellan's troops in front of Richmond. Johnston was badly wounded. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant continued to move his lines toward Cold Harbor.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
- Abraham Lincoln on June 16, 1858.
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.