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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 kit provides a hands-on complement to a Civil War unit. It has three major goals: To demonstrate the role of Vermont in the Civil War and to show the impact of that war on the state of Vermont and its communities; To integrate local, state, and national history by emphasizing how they were (and are) interconnected
Jul 31, 2023 · Vermont became the first state to abolish adult slavery in its constitution in 1777. During the Civil War, the state actively contributed to the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved individuals escape to freedom in Canada. Vermonters also played a vital role in shaping national policy. Senator Jacob Collamer, an outspoken abolitionist, worked ...
Vermont's Anti-Slavery Society was formed in 1834. The purpose of the organization was to abolish slavery in the United States, and improve the mental, moral, and political condition of the “colored population.”. In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act. This act increased the penalties for helping fugitives.
2 The last surviving Vermont veteran of the Civil War, Gilbert Lucier of the Canadian border town of Jay, died in Newport’s Orleans County Memorial Hospital on Sept. 22, 1944, at age 97. By that time, the Second World War was in its last year. Today, the astonishing numbers of those who served in the Civil War, and those
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VERMONT’S CIVIL WAR STORY. Though the battles of the Civil War were fought far to the south, the Civil War required an incredible effort from, and took an incredible toll on, those at home. More than 28,000 Vermonters served in state regiments in the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, and nearly 6,000 died.
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Albans became the unlikely site of the northernmost Civil War battle in October 1864 after a Kentucky soldier came up with the idea to harass Northerners along the Canadian border. He hoped Union troops would relocate north, giving relief to exhausted Confederate soldiers farther south.
