The St. Albans Raid : Confederate attack on Vermont /
In October 1864, approximately twenty-one Rebel soldiers took over St. Albans, Vermont, proclaiming that it was now under Confederate government control. This northernmost land action of the Civil War ignited wartime fear and anger in every Northern state. The raiders fired on townspeople as they st...
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Charleston, S.C. :
History Press,
2014.
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| Series: | History Press Civil War sesquicentennial series.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Donald Miner
- Part I. Setting the Stage
- 1. The Rebels Are in Vermont!
- 2. Our Country in the Midst of the Civil War
- 3. Confederate Secret Service
- 4. Confederate Peace Plans
- 5. Peace Didn't Work
- On to Plan B
- 6. Why St. Albans, Vermont?
- 7. Intricate Planning for "Vairmont Yankee Scare Party"
- 8. Who Was This Lieutenant Bennett Young?
- Part II. The Raid
- 9. Infiltrating St. Albans
- 10. Wednesday, October 19, 3:00 p.m.
- 11. The Escape
- 12. Vermont's Call to Arms after the Raid
- 13. The Arrests
- 14. The Only Raid Casualty
- 15. The News Hits the Papers
- 16. In Their Own Words
- 17. Reign of Terror
- 18. Vermont's State Militia Formed
- Part III. The Raiders' Trials in Canada
- 19. Possible International Incident
- 20. Trial One: The St. Albans Bank Case
- 21. Trial Recess
- 22. Trial Two for Five Raiders
- 23. Second Trial Break
- 24. Trial Two Resumes
- 25. Raid Aftermath
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Biographies of Vermonters.