September 18: ON THIS DAY in 1954, transit protests pile up
ON THIS DAY IN 1862, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reprinted the following dispatch from the Philadelphia Press: “Hagerstown, September 17 — A battle has been raging furiously for the past two days on the Antietam creek, a torturous stream, having its source in the mountains, and running down to the Potomac river midway between Robertsville and Sharpsburg. The rebels, cut off from the iron bridge at Harper’s Ferry by the advance of Gen. Franklin’s corps, and fearing to cross the Potomac at any of the fords, with Gen. McClellan pushing down hard upon them, took this creek for a line of defense. During yesterday the battle raged with great spirit, and the firing on either side was very heavy until towards sundown, when the rebels were flanked by Porter and Hooke, and were being severely punished. Their firing became desultory, and it was evident that their ammunition was giving out. This morning the battle was renewed by the rebels with redoubled vigor; they acted as if they had been reinforced and furnished with ammunition. The battle lasted till four o’clock this afternoon, when the rebels retreated, leaving General Longstreet and the remnant of his division in our hands as prisoners of war. Our victory is sure, but it has cost us many officers and men.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Eagle reported, “Albany — The first Court of Impeachment ever convened in the Empire State to try a governor charged with ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ met at noon today. It was at that hour that Edgar M. Cullen, chief judge of the Court of Appeals, took the chair to preside over the court. Within an hour the court had adjourned, to reconvene tomorrow, the rules of procedure to be drawn up in the meantime. Nine judges of the Court of Appeals and forty-eight senators took the solemn oath. One of the judges of the Court of Appeals is abroad and one senator is ill at his home. These two were the only absentees. Governor [William] Sulzer himself was not in court. It was early decided that the designated judges of the Court of Appeals should sit as members of the Court of Impeachment. Judge Cullen stated that there was no doubt in his mind of the legality of having these judges sit, and no objection was interposed by counsel for Governor Sulzer.”
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