From the AARP Magazine "Civil War: Going to Extremes" by Bill Newcott.
NORTHERNMOST SKIRMISH
At St. Albans, Vermont, where 21 Confederate soldiers posing as tourists drifted down from Canada and robbed three banks Oct 19, 1864 and took off back to Canada with $208,000. A historical 1861 schoolhouse where the raiders gathered before the attack is now the St. Albans Historical Museum.
WESTERNMOST CLASH
Picacho Pass, Arizona. On April 15, 1865, a three-and-a-half hour battle between Confederate Rangers and Union cavalry from California resulted inthree Union dead.
FIVE PIVOTAL CIVIL WAR SITES
1. Manassas National Battlefield Park, Vitginia. better-known as Bull Run, the first really big battle of the war July 21, 1861.
2. Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Virginia. Lee's surrender April 9, 1865, essentially ending the war.
3. Harper's Ferry National Historic Park, West Virginia. John Brown's Raid before the war began but a big reason why it came to be.
4. Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia. Confederate prison where 12,000 Union troops died.
5. Ford's Theater National Historic Site, Washington, DC. Where Lincoln was killed.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
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