the northernmost land action of the american civil war occurred at battle of fajardo.
the northernmost land action of the american civil war occurred at battle of fajardo.
where did the northernmost land action of the american civil war occur?
battle of fajardo
st. albans, vermont, is the site of the northernmost land action in the civil war, the st. albans raid. on october 19, 1864, confederate raiders, under the command of lieutenant bennett h. young, robbed three banks, escaped to canada, were captured, and put on trial. the canadian courts decided they were acting under military orders and they could not be extradited back to the united states without canada violating her neutrality.
vermont in the american civil war
during the american civil war, vermont sent 33,288 men into united states service. 5,224 vermonters, over 15%, were killed or mortally wounded in action or died of disease.









































the northernmost land action of the war was the st. albans raid—the robbery of three st. albans banks, perpetrated in october 1864 by 21 confederate agents. a posse pursued the confederate raiders into canada and captured several of them. they had to turn their captives over to canadian officials. canada reimbursed the banks, released, and later re-arrested some of the perpetrators.









































section::::history.:postbellum era to present.
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