On April 1, 1868 the Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson was dominated by testimony about whether the president’s designee as acting War Secretary tried to take over the War Department offices by force to evict Secretary of War Erwin Stanton. General Lorenzo Thomas was the alleged conspirator with the president.
I won’t give a blow by blow of the second day of testimony in the Impeachment Trial of President Johnson, but I will offer some coverage from the April 2, 1868 New York Times.
Note: The feature illustration is from Harpers Weekly April 11, 1868, page 225.
