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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....on September 18
This month’s speaker is Tom Nanzig
from the Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table will present “Ten True Tales with a Twist: Part 4”. Tom’s presentations of the first three parts to our group were well received, and we look forward to Part 4.
September 4th
1862 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee invaded the North with 50,000 troops and moved toward Harpers Ferry. General George B. MeClellan Union Army, of 90,000 troops, pursued Lee. (September 4-9)
1863 - Rear Admiral John Dahlgren began an attack aimed at capturing Charleston. The Confederates evacuated Batter Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina, two days later.
1864 - Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan was killed during a Union cavalry raid on Greenville, Tennessee.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election, it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us."
- Abraham Lincoln
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.