St Albans raid

St. Albans Raid

St. Albans bank tellers being forced to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy,

Date	October 19, 1864 (1864-10-19)
Location	St. Albans, Vermont 44°48′37″N 73°09′08″W / 44.81028°N 73.15222°W / 44.81028; -73.15222Coordinates: 44°48′37″N 73°09′08″W / 44.81028°N 73.15222°W / 44.81028; -73.15222
Result	Confederate victory

Belligerents

United States (Union)

Confederate States
Supported by:

Canadian sympathizers

Commanders and leaders

Bennett H. Young

Strength

local police and militia

21 cavalry

Casualties and losses

1 killed
2 wounded

1 wounded

Confederate States
Supported by:

The St. Albans Raid was the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. It was a controversial raid from Canada by Confederate soldiers meant to rob banks to raise money and to trick the Union Army into diverting troops to defend their northern border against further raids. It took place in St. Albans, Vermont, on October 19, 1864.

In this wartime incident, Kentuckian Bennett H. Young led the Confederate army forces. Young had been captured after the Battle of Salineville in Ohio ended Morgan's Raid the year before. He managed to escape to Canada, then part of the British Empire. After meeting with Confederate agents there, he returned to the Confederacy, where he proposed raids on the Union from the Canada–US border to build the Confederate treasury and force the Union Army to divert troops from the South. Young was commissioned as a lieutenant and returned to Canada, where he recruited other escaped Confederates for a raid on St. Albans, Vermont, a quiet city just 15 miles (24 km) from the Canada–U.S. border.

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