In October of 1864, the northernmost land battle of the American Civil War took place. Not in Pennsylvania, or New York, but in Vermont, just 18 miles from the Canadian border. 20 Confederate soldiers slipped south and proceeded to rob three banks in the small town of St. Albans, Vermont, before escaping back to the Great White North.

Sources

https://www.stalbansraid.com/

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/st-albans-raid

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