~~~~The Old Liner~~~~
- Online edition of newsletter -

Robert Ford, Interim Editor
Future Meetings: 4th Tuesday of each month
January 28, 2025, February 25, March 25, April 22, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 26, September 23, October 28, November 26, December 9.
(Time: Doors open at 7:00, Business meeting and Speaker: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Hiss United Methodist Church, 8700 Harford Rd, Parkville, MD 21234 (from the beltway (I-695) the church will be on your right. Pull into the upper parking lot-the lot just before the church building- and walk to the semi-circle at the front. Enter the first door on the right, go up the stairs to the second floor and turn right to the library (rm #208).
 
Views expressed in this Newsletter do not necessarily reflect the views of members as a whole,
nor do they represent a position taken by the Baltimore Civil War Roundtable.
Next Meeting: May 27, 2025

 

Access to a reliable water supply has been the key to establishing, growing and maintaining municipalities since the dawn of mankind. Crisis, conflicts and wars can develop due to water supplies (just look at California, Nevada and Colorado problems today).

 

Join the Baltimore Civil War Roundtable on Tuesday, May 27 as historian and photography expert Paul Bolcik returns to discuss Washington D.C. Bad Water & The Road to Civil War.

 

The meeting will be on Tuesday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the library of Hiss United Methodist Church, 8700 Harford Road, Parkville Md., 21234. (From the beltway (I-695) the church will be on your right. Pull into the upper parking lot-the lot just before the church building- and walk to the semi-circle at the front. Enter the first door on the right, go up the stairs to the second floor and turn left then right into the library (rm #208).

 

Paul Bolcik is a founding member of the Montgomery Co. MD. Civil War round table from Oct. 1980. His writings photographs and investigations have appeared in LIFE magazine, Civil War Times, Civil War News, Military Images Magazine, The Daguerreian Society's annual yearbook and quarterlies, The Jonestown annual report and Spokes (a Frederick, MD. based cycling newspaper for the mid-Atlantic states). Paul Bolcik, a BCWRT member, last spoke to us about Mathew Brady & Co. picture of the three captured rebel soldiers at the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

 

Remember, join the BCWRT as we present Paul Bolcik talking about Washington D.C. Bad Water & The Road to Civil War at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Hiss United Methodist Church. If you can’t attend in person, register for the Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/rC27MizFTKGlUer6mbgryw

 

 

Washington Aqueduct Gatehouse

NPS/Stephanie Spencer

 Notes from the President

While preparing these notes I received word that our longtime treasurer, Ray Atkins, had died at the age of 94.  I don’t remember when ray became treasurer; however, I believe it was after Steve wiseman left the position more than a decade ago.

 

Although ray’s recent health problems curtailed his in-person meeting attendance (he couldn’t drive following his stroke two years ago) he continued to attend meetings via Zoom and maintained meticulous financial and membership records. Ray was an avid student of civil war and ither military history.

 

My last conversation with Ray was on Monday evening, May 20, 2025.  We discussed some BCWRT business. Apparently, later that night he suffered a fall which ultimately led to him being hospitalized. Ray developed pneumonia which caused his death.

 

We will release the funeral arrangements as soon as they become available.

 

requiescat in pace

Ray Atkins

 
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Annual Dues Notice

Dues for the Baltimore Civil War Roundtable are due at the beginning of each Calendar Year. Please make check payable to
BCWRT and mail to:

Frank Armiger, 42 Norwick Circle, Timonium. MD. 21093, 410-591-9977.

NAME ____________________________________________$25 IND ___ $35 FAM ___ PHONE ___________

 

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Note: If you would like your membership card mailed to you please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Otherwise, you can pick it up at the meeting.