The St. Albans Raid : Confederate attack on Vermont

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherburne, Michelle Arnosky, Author.

Series:

Civil War Series

Civil war sesquicentennial The St. Albans Raid

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials--Montrâeal--Quâebec (Province).

Trials.

Saint Albans (Vt.)--History--Raid, 1864.

Saint Albans (Vt.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] The History Press 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The history of the Confederate raid on St. Albans, Vermont"-- Provided by publisher.

"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 stole horses and robbed the local banks. St. Albans men organized under recently discharged Union captain George Conger, F. Stewart Stranahan and John W. Newton to chase the Rebels out of town. The complex network of the Confederate Secret Service was entangled with the raid and conspired to unravel the North throughout the war. The perpetrators later stood trial in Canada, causing international ramifications for years to come. Michelle Arnosky Sherburne leads readers through the drama, triumph and legacy of the Confederate raid on St. Albans"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9781625851659

1625851650

OCLC:

1323253378