On the far end of Burlington’s City Hall Park, a plaque commemorates the heroics of Civil War veteran and Irish rebel Captain John Lonergan of Vermont’s 13th Regiment.Although the Captain carved his place in history long ago, the dedication ceremony for the new plaque took place just last month on July 27. Dignitaries, Civil War [...]
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Man searches for missing Civil War-era sword
August 12th, 2013 
javal A Georgia man — that’s the Franklin County town next to St. Albans, not the once-Confederate state that produces peaches — is searching for a ceremonial Civil War-era sword that is, well, missing in action. “It’s a long story,” says Colin Conger, who has been telling the tale a lot lately in hopes of locating [...]
An Irish Civil War Hero Gets His Due in Vermont
July 25th, 2013 javal It was 150 years ago this week in Burlington’s City Hall Park that John Lonergan, commander of Vermont’s “Irish company,” was welcomed home as a Civil War hero. To mark the occasion, Lonergan’s great-granddaughter, Montréal resident Maureen Slattery, is scheduled on Saturday to unveil a historical marker in the park that describes her ancestor’s valor [...]
Civil War history in St. Albans will be reenacted
June 25th, 2013 javal Vermonters will be able to get another glimpse of life during the Civil War era when both military and civilian re-enactors commemorate the St. Albans Raid of 1864. The St. Albans Civil War Heritage Weekend is being planned for Aug. 17-18. There will be portrayals or civilian and military life, including displays and demonstrations. Read [...]
In This State: A little history of those ubiquitous Civil War memorials
February 25th, 2013 javal More than 6,000 people thronged the town on this cool, bright day in May 1905, some having arrived by train from as far away as Burlington and Rutland. The occasion was a special celebration of Memorial Day, a holiday that had arisen spontaneously in the years immediately after the Civil War to honor soldiers from [...]
Vermont gunmakers armed the Union
June 15th, 2012 javal This small Vermont town played an instrumental part in arming the Union during the Civil War, recent research by a scholar preparing an exhibition for the American Precision Museum has revealed. An armory complex in town during the war centered on the three-story brick building on Main Street that now houses the Precision Museum, which [...]
Remembering Vermont’s role in the Civil War
June 14th, 2012 javal On Friday and Saturday, the Vermont Historical Society (VHS) will be holding an expo themed around Vermont’s involvement in the American Civil War at the Tunbridge fairgrounds. The event is intended to examine the role Vermonters played in the war as well as the profound impact the conflict had on the development and history of [...]
Thanksgiving words for Union success in 1864
June 4th, 2012 javal Religion played a very important part in the U.S. Civil War, on both sides. For decades before the war, religion motivated both Northern abolitionists and Southern apologists for slavery. The issue of slavery divided national religious groups into competing conferences, including Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists. After the war broke out in 1861, “no previous war [...]