Vermont towns and villages look much the same as they did at the time of the Civil War. Today you can still see the homes, barns, factories, and shops in which Vermonters discussed the looming national issues. The stately town halls and town greens where citzens enlisted to fight for the Union Army still dominate the landscape. The working landscape retains Civil War history too. Small hill farms that were run by women, children and the elderly during the war years still stand, and town cemeteries that tell of the war's casualties still give pause to today's visitors.

Vermont's historic sites, museums, re-enactors and educational groups are telling the stories of the homefront and battlefront: Vermonters who helped escaping slaves; men and women who worked in mills and factories supplying the North with needed arms, blankets and clothing; girls and women who volunteered in aid societies; citizens who defended Vermont in the northern-most land action of the war; and Vermont regiments who distinguished themselves on multiple battlefronts.

Vermont welcomes you to visit, and to explore the state's unique Civil War history.