This is a reference page for a new comic about the Confederate raid on St. Albans, VT (19 October, 1864). New episodes appear Summer 2019 @ my Patreon open studio.
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PERIOD SOURCES:
- “The St. Albans Raid” (The VERMONT TRANSCRIPT., October 28, 1864, p.130)
[PRINTABLE CLIPPING]‘The raiders had been lounging about the different hotels in St. Albans for several days…’
- “The Invasion of St. Albans.” (St. Albans Daily Messenger / St. Albans, Vermont / 20 October 1864 / page 2)
‘St. Albans has been surprised – excited. At about half-past three o’clock yesterday, our peaceable community was taken somewhat aback to find in our streets a company of some twenty or thirty armed horsemen. The meaning of it, it was impossible to divine. Men rushed from their stores and offices, not, perhaps, paralyzed with fear, but with wonderment. One enquired of another, “what does this mean?” “They are armed with revolvers!” “It is a rebel raid; they mean to destroy the village,” were the exclamations that greeted us on all sides as we entered the street.’
- The raid, illustrated:
Frank Leslie’s (12 Nov, 1864) (via http://www.stalbansraid.com/history/an-illustrated-timeline ) [PRINTABLE GRAYSCALE]
Also: Frank Leslie’s 12 Nov article: “We devote a large space, this week, to illustrations of the recent rebel raid upon St. Alban’s, Vermont.”
MODERN COVERAGE:
- WIKIPEDIA: “St. Albans Raid”
- WIKIPEDIA: Bennett H. Young
- NY TIMES: “When the Rebels Invaded Vermont” (2018)
- THE VINTAGE NEWS: “St. Albans Raid: They said they were Canadian tourists, but the visitors were Confederate soldiers planning an attack on Vermont” (2014)
- PODCAST: Untold History: “The Raid on St. Albans”
- PODCAST: Futility Closet #98: “The St. Albans Raid” (includes source list)
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AMERICAN HERITAGE: “The Hit-and-Run Raid” (For compiled details of the various scenes)
~ “St. Albans was as drowsy a Vermont town as any there was —until the Confederate Army’s enthusiastic but incompetent bank robbers put on a wild half-hour of extravagant melodrama” ~
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“THE RAID” (1954)
WIKIPEDIA: “The Raid (1954 film)”
I guess by “loosely based” they mean the movie moves the raid from 1864 to 1865… Among other changes!
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