On April 12th in U S Political History
Part II
On April 12th in 1862 Union volunteers from Ohio, led by Lt. James J. Andrews, stole a Confederate train near Marietta, Ga. They were caught 89 miles up the track. 8 of the 24 raiders were hanged that summer. 8 others escaped and made their way north.
On April 12th in 1862 Apr 12, Union troops occupied Fort Pulaski, Georgia.
On April 12th in 1869 Apr 12, The US Supreme Court in Texas v White established that secession is illegal. The case involved a claim by the Reconstruction government of Texas that United States bonds owned by Texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the Confederate state legislature during the American Civil War.
On April 12th in 1937 Apr 12, The US Supreme Court ruled that the 1935 National Labor Relations Act is unconstitutional.
On April 12th in 1944 Apr 12, The U.S. Twentieth Air Force was activated to begin the strategic bombing of Japan.
On April 12th in 1945 Apr 12, Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt the 32nd president of the United States, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63.
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