![]() ![]() He flies 821 miles from Andrews Field in Maryland to Bermuda in one hour and 50 minutes. 1948, 75 years ago Air heroĬaptain Henry Ogiba, of Whitesboro Street in Utica, is one of four P-80 jet fighter pilots who completes the longest over-water flight by planes of that type. Uticans are paying for the statue with their donations to the Sherman Memorial Committee. The statue, to be built by the Gorham Company of New York City, will be on the Parkway, facing Genesee Street, opposite the statue of Major General Friedrich Wilheim Baron von Steuben. He served with President William Howard Taft from 1909 to 1912. George Brewster is selected to design a statue of the late James Schoolcraft Sherman of Utica, elected 27th vice president of the United States in 1908. More: Why Captain James McQuade was tasked with grocery shopping in 1861: Mohawk Valley history 1923, 100 years ago Sherman statue And they are being watched, for on the White House veranda is President Lincoln, in full view and no doubt enjoying what he is seeing. Now they are resting on the White House lawn, enjoying a lunch courtesy of the president. As the men began to march, McQuade barked the order, "Fix bayonets!" Fortunately, there was no trouble and the 14th was able to head for Washington without incident. If southern sympathizers attacked, the 14th would be ready to fight back. Colonel James McQuade of Utica, the commander of the 14th (and a future mayor of Utica), was determined not to be taken by surprise. Now the 14th New York prepared to enter Baltimore and march along the same route the 6th Massachusetts had taken the day before. ![]() Four of the soldiers were killed and 17 wounded. The men from Massachusetts returned the fire, killing 12 civilians and wounding dozens more. They threw bricks and stones and fired shots into the regiment. They had arrived by train in Baltimore and had learned that the day before, the 6th Massachusetts was marching through the city when they were ambushed by a large group of southern sympathizers. Before arriving in Washington, they had gotten a taste of what the two-month-old Civil War was all about. ![]()
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