Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table
Dedicated to preserving the History and Stories of The American Civil War
Dedicated to preserving the History and Stories of The American Civil War
Author Ron Kirkwood will present a program based on his book “Tell Mother Not to Worry": Soldier Stories From Gettysburg’s George Spangler Farm.
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1863 - In Tennessee, the Battle of Wauhatchie (Brown's Ferry) concluded. Union troops opened a supply line in Chattanooga after driving away a Confederate attack. The new supply line allowed the Union to hold the city and prepare for a major new offensive the next month.
1885 - Union General George McClellan died.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"In your hand, my fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it...We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."
- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration ceremony on March 4, 1861.
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.
The Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table was founded in 1957 to support an interest in the American Civil War. We are devoted to education, social exchange, and historic preservation. Meetings are free and open to all regardless of race, religion, gender, or knowledge of the Civil War. Guests and visitors are always welcome.
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