Saint Albans (Vt.) History Raid, 1864
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Name (Latin)
Saint Albans (Vt.) History Raid, 1864
Other forms of name
Confederate Raid, Saint Albans, Vt., 1864
Coordinates
-73.1522 -73.1522 44.8103 44.8103 (gooearth )
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United States
Vermont
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q630099
Library of congress:
sh 91005331
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Wilson, D.K. Justice under pressure : the Saint Albans raid, 1992.
- Old catalog heading(St. Albans Confederate Raid, 1864)
- Americana:under Saint Albans.
- Adams. Dict. of Am. hist.(St. Albans (Vt.) Raid, 1864)
- Historical times illus. encyc. of the Civil War(St. Albans, Vt., raid on, 19 Oct. 1864)
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Wikipedia description:
The St. Albans Raid was the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. Taking place in St. Albans, Vermont, on October 19, 1864, it was a raid conducted out of the Province of Canada by 21 Confederate soldiers who had recently failed in engagements with the Union Army and evaded subsequent capture in the United States. The mission of the raid was to rob banks to raise money, and to trick the Union Army into diverting troops to defend their northern border against further raids. The Confederates obtained the money, killed a local, set the town on fire, and escaped back to Canada. This raid marked the northernmost point reached by Confederate land forces during the Civil War.
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