Courtesy Sherburne Killington Historians
Howard Coffin
Friday, April 19 at 1 p.m.—KILLINGTON—Howard Coffin, a seventh generation Vermonter and the author of four books on the Civil War with a focus on Vermont and the Champlain Corridor will visit the Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Road, Killington. Sherburne Historians will host the noted historian presenting “Vermont Women and the Civil War,” from 1 – 3 p.m.
Vermont’s remarkable Civil War battlefield record is well documented, but little is known of how Vermont women sustained the home front. Coffin explains, with nearly 35,000 of the state’s able-bodied men at war, women took on farming, worked in factories, served as nurses in the state’s military hospitals, and more. And at least one Vermont woman appears to have secretly enlisted and fought in a Vermont regiment! Drawing from letters and diaries, Coffin tells their story in their own words, describing life during the Civil War in the Green Mountain State.
This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities.
For more information, contact Sheila Pilsmaker at 802-770-9776 or skvthistorians@gmail.com., or visit the Sherburne Killington Historians Facebook page. “Vermont Women and the Civil War” is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by Sherburne Historians. (Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or VHC.)
For more information, visit: sherburnelibrary.org
