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Saint Albans Raid
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On 19 October 1864, Confederate Lt. Bennett H. Young led about thirty men not in uniform from Canada against the town of Saint Albans, in northwestern Vermont. The raid was in retaliation for the depredations of Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan in Virginia. Three banks were looted of more than $200,000, but an attempt to burn the town failed. One citizen was killed. The raiders escaped into Canada pursued by an American posse. Young and twelve of his men were captured and held by the Canadian authorities, who released them 13 December but later rearrested five of them.
Bibliography
Headley, John W. Confederate Operations in Canada and New York. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1984.
Wilson, Dennis K. Justice Under Pressure: The Saint Albans Raid and Its Aftermath. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1992.
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