
Welcome to The 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
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1865 - Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant closed Confederate supply lines with the defeat of General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Five Forks.
1865 - Florida Governor John Milton committed suicide at his plantation in Sylvania. Before his death Milton had addressed the Florida legislature and said that the Yankees "have developed a character so odious that death would be preferable to reunion with them."
U.S. Civil War Quote
"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth...could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years... If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
- Abraham Lincoln
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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