One founder of this state wrote the anti religious polemic Reason:
During the Civil War, one incident in this state saw Bennett H. Young lead Confederate raiders into a small village to rob banks. That incident, the St. Albans Raid, was the northernmost land action of the Civil War. One founder of this state wrote the anti religious polemic Reason: The Only Oracle of Man. That founder fought in the Revolutionary War, but was captured by British General (*) Guy Carleton at the Battle of Longue-Pointe. This state is not New York, but has a holiday commemorating John Stark and Seth Warner's 1777 defeat of John Burgoyne at the Battle of Bennington. It served as an independent republic in the 1780's and was the first state outside the original 13 colonies to join the Union. For 10 points, name this New England state, the home of the man who seized Fort Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen.
During the Civil War, one incident in this state saw Bennett H. Young lead Confederate raiders into a small village to rob banks.
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