Confederate Lieutenant Bennett H. Young leads the St. Albans Raid, a Confederate attack on St. Albans, Vermont. Having planned the attack in Canada, Young and his soldiers successfully robbed three banks in Vermont, but were later arrested by Canadian police after they crossed back into Canada.
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