St. Albans Raid - wikipedia St. Albans Raid This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2017 ) St. Albans Raid Part of the American Civil War 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 ; - 73.15222 Coordinates : 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 Northern Theater of the American Civil War Detroit Race Riot Battle of Portland Harbor New York City draft riots Philo Parsons Affair St. Albans Raid 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. Contents 1 Background 2 Raid 3 Battle or raid ? 4 Film 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Background 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. Raid Young and two others checked into a local hotel on October 10, saying they had come from St. John 's, Canada East, for a `` sporting vacation ''. Two or three more men arrived daily, until by October 19, 21 Confederate cavalrymen had assembled. Shortly before 3 p.m. the men staged simultaneous robberies of the city 's three banks. They identified themselves as Confederate soldiers and took a total of $208,000 ( US $ 3,250,000 in 2018 ). During the robberies, eight or nine Confederates held the villagers at gunpoint on the village green, taking their horses to prevent pursuit. Several armed villagers tried to resist, and one was killed and another wounded. Young ordered his men to burn the city, but the 4 - US - fluid - ounce ( 120 ml ) bottles of Greek fire they used failed to ignite, and only one shed was destroyed by fire. The raiders escaped to Canada, despite a delayed pursuit. In response to US demands, the Canadian authorities arrested the raiders, recovering $88,000. However, a Canadian court ruled that because they were soldiers under military orders, officially neutral Canada could not extradite them. Canada freed the raiders, but returned to St. Albans the money they had found. As an unintended consequence, the raid served to turn many Canadians against the Confederacy, since they felt that Canada was being drawn into the conflict without its consent. The Confederate agents in Canada realized this and no further raids were made. Only one of the three banks still stands, the Franklin County Bank, which became the Franklin Lamoille Bank and is now a TD Bank branch. Other sites surviving are Taylor Park and the American House, where some of the raiders stayed. Battle or Raid ? The Confederate raid by Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan into Ohio and Indiana in July 1863, and culminating in the Battle of Salineville is considered by many historians to be the northernmost land battle of the Civil War. The dispute arises over meaning of the word battle. The St. Albans raiders were not an official command of the Confederate army but connected to the Confederate Secret Service to conduct the St. Albans Raid. General Morgan 's place of surrender at West Point, Ohio is considered to be the northernmost point reached by an officially organized Confederate military body during the Civil War. The northernmost battle of the war came at sea at the Battle of Cherbourg ( 1864 ) at 49 degrees north latitude. Film The 1954 film The Raid was loosely based on this incident. See also American Civil War portal Canada in the American Civil War Military history of Vermont Ann Eliza Smith References Jump up ^ Wilson, Dennis K. ( 1992 ), Justice under Pressure : The Saint Albans Raid and Its Aftermath, University Press of America, p. 203, ISBN 0819185094 Jump up ^ `` Saint Albans Raid ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 2, 2014. Jump up ^ Campi, James ( 2007 ). Civil War Sites, 2nd : The Official Guide to the Civil War Discovery Trail. Globe Pequot. p. 11. ISBN 0 - 7627 - 4435 - 9 -- via Google Books. Jump up ^ Schmidt Cahill, Lora ; Mowery, David L ( 2014 ). Morgan 's Raid Across Ohio : The Civil War Guidebook of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail. Lulu.com. p. 235. ISBN 9780989805438. Retrieved December 7, 2017 -- via Google Books. Jump up ^ `` The Raid ( 1954 ) ''. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 2, 2014. Further reading Kazar, John D. ( 1964 ). `` The Canadian View of the Confederate Raid on Saint Albans ''. Vermont History ( 1 ) : 255 -- 273. Stouffer, Allen P. ( 1977 ). `` Canadian - American Relations in the Shadow of the Civil War ''. Dalhousie Review. 57 ( 2 ) : 332 -- 346. Rush, Daniel S. ; Pewitt, E. Gale ( 2008 ). Riedel, Leonard W., ed. The St. Albans Raiders. Saline, Michigan : McNaughton and Gunn. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Albans Raid. 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