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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....May
This month’s speaker is TBD
May 8th
1862 - The Battle of McDowell, Virginia, took place.
1863 - Clement Vallandigham was arrested for violating General Ambrose Burnside's Order No. 38. The order stated that public criticism of the war would not be tolerated.
1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant arrived at Spotsylvania Court House. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had already arrived. The battle did not end until May 19.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"I can make Georgia howl!"
- General William T. Sherman on the "March to the Sea" idea.
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.