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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....
October 20th at 7:00pm. Dr. Fred Johnson from Hope College will present General Robert E. Lee's War Upon Northern Railroad.
September 30
1864 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee counterattacked Union forces with several brigades moved from Petersburg.
1864 - Union troops attacked Confederate defenses around Petersburg, Virginia, at the Battle of Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm) with the intent to cut the last rail line into the city. The next day a second attempt was unsuccessful.
U.S. Civil War Quote
"He looked as though he ought to have been, and was, the monarch of the world." - Description of Robert E. Lee
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.