Books Stolen From Vermont Library
Civil War Items Missing at State Library
MONTPELIER, Vt.

During a recent check of the shelves at the Vermont Department of Libraries in Montpelier, hundreds of items, including Civil War books and pamphlets, were discovered missing.

Among the Civil War items were regimental histories from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and several other states, personal narratives, and general histories, nearly all published between 1860 and 1920. Dyer's Compendium and Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War were taken, as well as adjutant general and battlefield commission reports from several states.

Librarian Paul Donovan said he was mystified by the motive. "All items had some combination of bookplate, department stamp, accession number, embossing or perforation. None were manuscripts, and none were related to Vermont, as far as we know." Also missing were items related to Colonial times, the Indian Wars, the Revolution and the Spanish-American War.

Increased security measures which had been planned before the books were missed will be implemented. Anyone with any information should contact the Montpelier Police Department at (802) 223-3445.

Among the stolen Civil War titles were: Abbey, The Ulster Guard at Gettysburg; Abbott, Prison Life in the South; Anderson, Fighting by Southern Federals; Bassett, Northern Plea for the Right of Secession; Beecher, History of 1st Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers; Benton, What Women Did for the War; Boutwell, Speeches & Papers relating to the Rebellion; Cannon, Personal Reminiscences of the Rebellion; Conn, History of New Hampshire SurgeonsÄ; Curtis, McClellan's Last Service to the Republic; Denison, Sabres & Spurs; Dodson, Campaigns of Wheeler and his Cavalry; Fitch, Annals of the Army of the Cumberland; Foster, New Jersey and the Rebellion; Fuzzlebug, Prison Life During the Rebellion; Grimes, Extracts of Letters to his WifeÄ ; Isham, Davidson, Furness, Prisoners of War and Military Prisons; Kennedy, Mr. Ambrose's Letters on the Rebellion; Nicholson, Pennsylvania at Gettysburg; Paris, History of the Civil War in America; Peyton, American Crisis; Pollard, Lee & His Lieutenants; Powell, Fifth Army Corps; Preston, History of 10th Regiment of Cavalry New York State Volunteers; Reid, Ohio in the WarÄ ; Shotwell, The Civil War in America; Smith, Battle of Seven Pines; Stevens, Berdan's U.S. Sharpshooters Ä ; Waite, Claremont War HistoryÄ ; Walkey, History of 7th Connecticut Volunteers; Watson, Addresses Ä ; Williamson, Mosby's Rangers; Wills, Army Life of Illinois Soldier.