~~~~The Old Liner~~~~
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Robert Ford, Interim Editor
Future Meetings: 4th Tuesday of each month
January 27, 2026, February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27, November 24, December 8.
(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: April 28, 2026

“Seldon do politicians use twenty seconds of personal politicking to erase months of bipartisan triumph. But on June 10, 2025, President Donald Trump did just that.

 

At stake were the names of Army bases that once honored Confederates. In 2020, Congress reaffirmed what their predecessors knew during the Civil War itself: Confederates did not deserve military commemoration. They committed treason to try to dissolve the United States and create an entirely and eternally enslaved nation. “

 

Preface of A Promise Delivered Ten American Heroes and the Battle to Rename Our Nation’s Military Bases by Ty Seidule and Connor Williams.

 

Retired General Ty Seidule will discuss the aforementioned book with the Baltimore CWRT audience on Tuesday, April 28, 206 at 7:30 p.m. The book focuses on the lives of the 10 individuals whose names were chosen by the bipartisan Congressional Naming Commission in renaming nine US army bases. The meeting will be held 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).

 

Ty Seidule is a retired United States Army brigadier general, historian, and author known for his work dismantling the "Lost Cause" myth of the Confederacy. He is currently the Professor Emeritus of History at West Point and a professor at Hamilton College.

 

Holder of a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and a B.A. from Washington and Lee University, in 2021, Seidule was appointed by the Secretary of Defense in 2021 as Vice Chair of the commission tasked with renaming Department of Defense assets that honor the Confederacy.

 

Seidule served for 36 years in the U.S. Army before retiring in 2020. His service included command and staff positions in Germany, Italy, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Balkans, Leadership as a tank platoon leader and later a cavalry troop commander in the 82nd Airborne Division during the Gulf War. He headed the History Department at West Point for nearly two decades.

 

Dr. Seidule last appears before the BCWRT in March of 2021 to present his book Rober E. Lee and Me.

 

Remember, Baltimore Civil War Roundtable will present, via Zoom,  General Ty Seidule (Rt.) discussing his book; A Promise Delivered Ten American Heroes and the Battle to Rename Our Nation’s Military Bases on Tuesday, April 28. at 7:30 p.m. in the library of Hiss United Methodist Church. We urge you to attend in person. If you can’t, register for the Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HfayRKx6RrirTAbV0OrgZA

 

 

 

 

 Notes from the President


April was a pivotal time throughout the civil war. The bombardment of Fort Sumter, which began The hostilities, occurred in April of 1861. The first bloodshed including deaths, Happened right here in Baltimore during that same April.  1862 saw the costly battle of shallow and the abolishment of slavery in the nation's capital.

 

general grant’s Vicksburg campaign everything on the IHOP value in general Lee’s Chancellorsville campaign all begin in April of 1863. Senate passage of the 13th amendment of the constitution, the beginning of the Red River campaign And the Fort pillow massacre occurred the following April. Lastly, the fall of Richmond, Lee's capitulation to grant and the Lincoln assassination forever immortalized April of 1865.

 

On April 28, the Baltimore civil war roundtable we'll have retired general Ty Seidule speak on his book; a promised delivered 10 American heroes in the battle to rename our nation’s military bases.  The book which was published by Saint Martin’s press, Is currently available for order through Amazon.

 

Remember: our roundtable needs our members to start coming out and joining our meetings in person, again. Additionally, we need to find ways to expand our membership. Please start talking about the roundtable with your friends and relatives. Invite them to attend a meeting with you.

 

If you have any ideas on how we can grow as a group, please send me your suggestions. My e-mail is rfordjazz@yahoo.com.

 

Remember, as well as sending your membership checks to our treasurer frank arminger, 42 Norwick Circle, Timonium. MD. 21093. you can also Pay for your membership with an electronic transfer through the zelle platform. Our zelle e-mail is farmiger@verizon.net. Yearly membership is $25 per individual and $35 per family.

 
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