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Historian Howard Coffin claimed that the state's most important contribution to the war was at the Battle of the Wilderness where the Vermont Brigade held the crucial intersection of two roads, the loss of which would have split the Union forces in half. 1,200 Vermonters died.
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.
In the summer of 1860, when the governor ordered a militia muster at born and raised in Brandon, Vermonters voted 5-1 for Lincoln, candidate of the new Republican Party that opposed the expansion of slavery.
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Jun 30, 2017 · During the Civil War, almost one in ten Vermonters went off to fight for the Union Army. We also hear from Bill Kaigle of the Milton Historical Society about efforts to save a home once owned by General George Stannard, the first Vermonter to volunteer to fight in the Civil War.
Oct 9, 2014 · Vermont in the Civil War : a history of the part taken by the Vermont soldiers and sailors in the war for the Union, 1861-5 by Benedict, G. G. (George Grenville), 1826-1907
Vermont was devastated following the Battle of the Wilderness, as 1,000 of its soldiers were left wounded or dead. With a 1777 constitution that read, "All men are born free and independent," Vermonters had little choice but to participate in the American Civil War.
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Jun 13, 2008 · A history of the part taken by the Vermont soldiers and sailors in the war for the Union, 1861-5 : Benedict, G. G. (George Grenville), 1826-1907 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. Download icon.
