Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table
Dedicated to preserving the History and Stories of The American Civil War
The next KCWRT Meeting....January 16
Matt Zwart
Local Attorney and a Director of the Kalamazoo Abraham Lincoln Institue.
He will present a program on the Dakota Uprising in Minnesota in 1862.
December 24
1864 - Union Admiral David Dixon Porter began a bombardment of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. The attack, that used 60 ships, failed to destroy the fort. The ground attack the next day also failed.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."
- Abolitionist John Brown at his execution on December 2, 1859.
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.