Confederates Attack Vermont!!
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1Ammianus
The History Press' series of Civil War Sesquicentennial monographs; generally slim volumes under two hundred pages, are a great boon (IMO) for educating the general reader on the ACW's events, great and small.
I remember as a teen being shocked to discover that Confederates had raided as far north as Vermont! If you're unfamiliar with this rebel escapade, see:
The St. Albans Raid: Confederate Attack on Vermont (Civil War Sesquicentennial)
by Michelle Arnosky Sherburne
I remember as a teen being shocked to discover that Confederates had raided as far north as Vermont! If you're unfamiliar with this rebel escapade, see:
The St. Albans Raid: Confederate Attack on Vermont (Civil War Sesquicentennial)
by Michelle Arnosky Sherburne
2DVanderlinde
There was a movie about this incident entitled "The Raid" (1954) starring Van Heflin and Anne Bancroft. It featured a number of good actors: Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, and Peter Graves. It probably lacks historical accuracy, but hey, it's Hollywood!
3rolandperkins
"Movie about this . . . ."The Raid" (2)
Wasnʻt it WW II hero Audie Murphy who played the young Jesse James, a zealous Confederate thug that William Quantrill had
recruited for his illegal militia?
(WQʻs forces werenʻt recognized by either side as legitimate belligerents).
But in this version the Confeds were the "good guys". It may have been the last of a skein of such that began back in the time of Gone with the Wind (1939).
Sinclair Lewis - - and very few other Northern observers of Hollywood - - was on to this pro-Confederate trend of ca. 1939--1954.
The only line of dialogue I remember in it was the Audie-character saying,
"General Lee wants ALL the Yankee money that yʻall got in this bank!"
I donʻt remember Heflin in this one, or even the great Bancroft. Not sure even who played Quantrill. But Heflin had a supporting role in The Santa Fe Trail* as an
ally of John Brown (1800--1859), and he betrays Brown
to the Feds of that time, led
by Col. Robert E. Lee. Ronald Reagan played the future Civil war general and Indian fighter, George A. Custer. He, or the screenwriter, depicts
G. A. C. as the only Federal who thinks that Brownʻs cause is understandable, though not legal, a cast of mind which one may doubt that the real Custer had.
*despite the name, the action is mainly in Kansas,
none inNew Mexico.
Wasnʻt it WW II hero Audie Murphy who played the young Jesse James, a zealous Confederate thug that William Quantrill had
recruited for his illegal militia?
(WQʻs forces werenʻt recognized by either side as legitimate belligerents).
But in this version the Confeds were the "good guys". It may have been the last of a skein of such that began back in the time of Gone with the Wind (1939).
Sinclair Lewis - - and very few other Northern observers of Hollywood - - was on to this pro-Confederate trend of ca. 1939--1954.
The only line of dialogue I remember in it was the Audie-character saying,
"General Lee wants ALL the Yankee money that yʻall got in this bank!"
I donʻt remember Heflin in this one, or even the great Bancroft. Not sure even who played Quantrill. But Heflin had a supporting role in The Santa Fe Trail* as an
ally of John Brown (1800--1859), and he betrays Brown
to the Feds of that time, led
by Col. Robert E. Lee. Ronald Reagan played the future Civil war general and Indian fighter, George A. Custer. He, or the screenwriter, depicts
G. A. C. as the only Federal who thinks that Brownʻs cause is understandable, though not legal, a cast of mind which one may doubt that the real Custer had.
*despite the name, the action is mainly in Kansas,
none inNew Mexico.
4DVanderlinde
I am not sure to which movie you are referring. I got the information for "The Raid" from imdb.com.
"The Raid" is set in St. Albans, Vermont. Quantrill, of course, operated in Missouri and Kansas.
"The Raid" is set in St. Albans, Vermont. Quantrill, of course, operated in Missouri and Kansas.
5rolandperkins
"to which movie (are you ) referring (?) . ." (4)
> To Santa Fe Trail (ca. 1940)* in the last 12 lines; to The Raid (if Iʻm remembering the same movie you are) before that.
*Of course I saw it long after that, as an "Old movie" brought back on TV. At
age 7-9 in 1939-40 I didnʻt see many that I can remember, but I did see the 1939 "Wizard of Oz", one of the few technicolors of its time.
> To Santa Fe Trail (ca. 1940)* in the last 12 lines; to The Raid (if Iʻm remembering the same movie you are) before that.
*Of course I saw it long after that, as an "Old movie" brought back on TV. At
age 7-9 in 1939-40 I didnʻt see many that I can remember, but I did see the 1939 "Wizard of Oz", one of the few technicolors of its time.
6anthonywillard
The Raid (1954) Cast:
"Van Heflin as Maj. Neal Benton / Neal Swayze
Anne Bancroft as Katie Bishop
Richard Boone as Capt. Lionel Foster
Lee Marvin as Lt. Keating
Tommy Rettig as Larry Bishop
Peter Graves as Capt. Frank Dwyer
Douglas Spencer as Rev. Lucas
Paul Cavanagh as Col. Tucker
Will Wright as Josiah Anderson, the Banker
James Best as Lt. Robinson
John Dierkes as Cpl. Fred Deane
Helen Ford as Delphine Coates
Harry Hines as Mr. Danzig
Simon Scott as Capt. Floyd Henderson
William Schallert as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Claude Akins as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)"
from Wikipedia s.v. The Raid (1954 film)
"Van Heflin as Maj. Neal Benton / Neal Swayze
Anne Bancroft as Katie Bishop
Richard Boone as Capt. Lionel Foster
Lee Marvin as Lt. Keating
Tommy Rettig as Larry Bishop
Peter Graves as Capt. Frank Dwyer
Douglas Spencer as Rev. Lucas
Paul Cavanagh as Col. Tucker
Will Wright as Josiah Anderson, the Banker
James Best as Lt. Robinson
John Dierkes as Cpl. Fred Deane
Helen Ford as Delphine Coates
Harry Hines as Mr. Danzig
Simon Scott as Capt. Floyd Henderson
William Schallert as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Claude Akins as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)"
from Wikipedia s.v. The Raid (1954 film)
7anthonywillard
Kansas Raiders (1950) Cast
"Audie Murphy as Jesse James
Brian Donlevy as William Quantrill
Marguerite Chapman as Kate Clarke
Scott Brady as Bill Anderson
Tony Curtis as Kit Dalton
Richard Arlen as Union captain
Richard Long as Frank James
James Best as Cole Younger
John Kellogg as Red Leg leader
Dewey Martin as James Younger
George Chandler as Willie
Charles Delaney as Pell"
from Wikipedia s.v. Kansas Raiders
"Audie Murphy as Jesse James
Brian Donlevy as William Quantrill
Marguerite Chapman as Kate Clarke
Scott Brady as Bill Anderson
Tony Curtis as Kit Dalton
Richard Arlen as Union captain
Richard Long as Frank James
James Best as Cole Younger
John Kellogg as Red Leg leader
Dewey Martin as James Younger
George Chandler as Willie
Charles Delaney as Pell"
from Wikipedia s.v. Kansas Raiders
8rolandperkins
Thanks, Anthony; I believe
Kansas Raiders and
not "The Raid" was the one I saw ca. 1950
(and regretted wasting my time on.) "Quantrill" must have been Donleavy. The "Kansas" in the title referred to Lawrence, Kansas near the Missouri border, ,which was raided by Quantrillʻs gang.
Later, I guess, in the movie they went on to Vermont.
Kansas Raiders and
not "The Raid" was the one I saw ca. 1950
(and regretted wasting my time on.) "Quantrill" must have been Donleavy. The "Kansas" in the title referred to Lawrence, Kansas near the Missouri border, ,which was raided by Quantrillʻs gang.
Later, I guess, in the movie they went on to Vermont.
9anthonywillard
Absolutely. I don't remember either film, though they both look like the kind of movies I went to at that age. I do remember the original Wizard of Oz, though, so there we're even.
