Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table
Dedicated to preserving the History and Stories of The American Civil War
The next KCWRT Meeting....
Friday, June from 7:00 - 9:00pm at Westwood United Methodist Church - Basement
June 13
1786 - Winfield Scott was born near Petersburg, Virginia. He was a hero in the Mexican-American War and was the commander of the U.S. Army at the outbreak of the Civil War.
1864 - Union General Grant's Army of the Potomac began moving toward Petersburg, Virginia, precipitating a siege that lasted more than nine months.
1864 - General Robert E. Lee sent General Jubal Early north from Petersburg in an effort to clear Union troops from the Shenandoah Valley.
1866 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. It was ratified on July 9, 1868. The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves. It did this by prohibiting states from denying or abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, depriving any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denying to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"Look at Jackson's brigade! It stands there like a stone wall!"
- Confederate General Barnard E. Bee of South Carolina gave this description of Stonewall Jackson's brigade at First Manassas
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.
Happy Memorial Day
From the Kalamazoo Civil War Roundtable Families to Yours!!