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TIL that the northernmost battle of the American Civil War happened in St. Albans, Vermont. 21 Confederates arrived via Canada and checked into local hotels over the course of a week, before staging three bank robberies, stealing $3.4 million dollars (inflation-adjusted) and fleeing back to Canada

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