CANTON -- Roger Hutchinson speaks about Vermont’s role in the Civil War at the next North Country Civil War Round Table at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 in the St. Lawrence County Historical Association’s Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St.

Hutchinson will review Vermont's remarkable wartime period from the first battle to the end of the conflict and its storied leaders. The State of Vermont raised some 17 infantry regiments during the Civil War, as well another 10 units of cavalry, heavy and light artillery, sharpshooters, and frontier cavalry. Vermont brigades played crucial roles in the battles of the Wilderness and Gettysburg. And the state can boast 64 Congressional Medal of Honor winners among its residents during the Civil War.

Prior to the Civil War, no state was less prepared than Vermont, Hutchinson says. Her militia was unorganized and some companies had no guns. However, Vermont continued the strong military tradition started by the Green Mountain Boys of American Revolutionary War fame. Nearly 10 percent of Vermont's population of 350,000 served during the Civil War.

Hutchinson is a retired forester with the Department of Environmental Conservation and a longtime member of the Civil War Roundtable. His interest in the history of Vermont stems from his ancestry which includes five Vermonters who served during the Civil War.

The SLCHA Gift Shop offers resources on Civil War history with books like “Gallantry in the Field: Potsdam and the Civil War” and “New York’s North Country in the Civil War.” SLCHA members receive a 10 percent discount on most items.

SLCHA is a membership organization open to anyone interested in St. Lawrence County history. For more information, or to become a member, call 386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org.

The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public.

The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.