St. Albans (town), Vermont

St. Albans is a town in Franklin County, in the north-west of Vermont, United States. It is named for the town of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, which was named, in turn, for St. Alban, who was a Roman soldier who harbored a Christian priest and was put to death for it.

The town of St. Albans was the site of the St. Albans Raid, the northernmost engagement of the United States Civil War. Twenty-one Confederate soldiers rode in from Canada and raided the town on October 19, 1864, and took possession of it. They stole money from three banks and hurriedly went back across the border with it. During the raid a St. Albans townsman was killed and another was wounded. One raider was wounded, and he died later as a result of the wounds.