The people of Bennington often refer to the American Revolution as our
war, as it was the site of the decisive Battle of Bennington. Yet more
than one thousand Bennington boys fought in the Civil War, and residents
on the homefront played their parts to support the United States, too.
All the machinery used to produce gunpowder and nearly all the
horseshoes for the United States Army were manufactured in Bennington,
and a Bennington native was instrumental in the building of the USS
Monitor. Mrs. Jefferson Davis visited friends in Bennington shortly
after the war, and two Medal of Honor winners lived here as well. In
this book, historian Bill Morgan unveils the important ways that
Bennington helped preserve the United States during the Civil War.