Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table
Dedicated to preserving the History and Stories of The American Civil War
The next KCWRT Meeting....
Friday, March 21 from 7:00 - 9:00pm at Westwood United Methodist Church - Basement
This month's speaker is Author John Horn. He will present a program on the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road. This battle was part of the Petersburg campaign in which the 5th Michigan and Brigadier General Byron Root Pierce participated.
April 2
1863 - In Richmond, hundreds of women were involved in a riot to demand that the government release emergency supplies.
1865 - General Grant's forces began an general advance all along the Petersburg line. Confederate General Ambrose P. Hill was killed. Confederate General Lee evacuated Petersburg after writing to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, "I think it absolutely necessary that we should abandon our position tonight...".
1865 - The Confederate capital, Richmond, was evacuated by the Confederate government after a ten-month siege.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietam that fatigues anything."
- Abraham Lincoln directed this remark to George B. McClellan, who had excused his lack of action in the fall of 1862 due to tired horses. McClellan was removed from command shortly there-after.
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.