Comments on: ACW NovemberDecember 2009 TOC http://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-novemberdecember-2009-americas-civil-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=table-of-contents-novemberdecember-2009-americas-civil-war From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dan Landry http://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-novemberdecember-2009-americas-civil-war.htm#comment-132107 Dan Landry Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:09:05 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681456#comment-132107 As a former resident of St Albans, VT I enjoyed this article. I believe, however, that the raiders were captured near Frelighsburg Quebec rather than Phillipsburg Ontario As a former resident of St Albans, VT I enjoyed this article. I believe, however, that the raiders were captured near Frelighsburg Quebec rather than Phillipsburg Ontario

]]> By: David Graff http://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-novemberdecember-2009-americas-civil-war.htm#comment-125049 David Graff Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:03:40 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681456#comment-125049 Thanks for your interesting magazine. On Ron Soodalter's "Fury in Vermont", the St. Alban's raiders were not "each wearing a Confederate uniform" (Page 26) when they began robbing the three banks. According to local historian Carl E. Johnston (The St. Albans Raid: 19 October 1864), "According to Young's memoirs, the men were told that they were to wear some part of a Confederate uniform, such as a button, or part of a uniform that would identify them as a southern soldier." On page 30, the author says that the raiders burned a bridge at Shelburne as they fled (Page 30). Actually, the town was Sheldon. They tried to set fire to a hay wagon crossing a covered bridge, again using Greek Fire. However the fire was extinguished by the Reverend Henry Hawley, a methodist minister who lived near the bridge, who put it out with buckets of water. Otherwise a good report on this generally ignored incident. Regards Thanks for your interesting magazine.
On Ron Soodalter's "Fury in Vermont", the St. Alban's raiders were not "each wearing a Confederate uniform" (Page 26) when they began robbing the three banks. According to local historian Carl E. Johnston (The St. Albans Raid: 19 October 1864), "According to Young's memoirs, the men were told that they were to wear some part of a Confederate uniform, such as a button, or part of a uniform that would identify them as a southern soldier."

On page 30, the author says that the raiders burned a bridge at Shelburne as they fled (Page 30). Actually, the town was Sheldon. They tried to set fire to a hay wagon crossing a covered bridge, again using Greek Fire. However the fire was extinguished by the Reverend Henry Hawley, a methodist minister who lived near the bridge, who put it out with buckets of water.
Otherwise a good report on this generally ignored incident.
Regards

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