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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 November 20th
This month’s speaker is Claire Herhold
Director of Education at the Historical Society of Michigan, returns to the KCWRT to present a program on “Art of the American Civil War.”
November 5th
1862 - President Lincoln removed General George B. McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was convinced that McClellan could not defeat Confederate General Robert E. Lee. General Ambrose Burnside was selected to take McClellan's place.
U.S. Civil War Quote:
"I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it."
- Abraham Lincoln's self-criticism of his famous "Gettysburg Address"
KCWRT Activities
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
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
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.