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 22
1864 - Union General William T. Sherman sent Union General Andrew J. Smith on an expedition to destroy Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his cavalry. Smith left LaGrange, Tennessee, the same day.
1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant's attempt to cut the Confederate's Weldon and Petersburg Railroad failed.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"I never felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper."
- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln commented about signing the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
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!!