St. Albans , Vt., bank tellers being forced to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy on Oct. 19, 1864.
The St. Albans Raid, the northernmost land action of the American Civil War, was a raid from Canada by 21 Confederate soldiers. Their mission was to rob banks to raise money, and to trick the Union Army into diverting troops to defend their northern border against further raids. They got the money, killed a local and escaped back to Canada.
