harpers ferry

     

On Sept. 15, 1862 Stonewall Jackson captured this town made famous by John Brown 3 years earlier

Trivia about harpers ferry

  • John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal in this town made him a martyr to the antislavery cause
  • (Ken Burns reads.) In 1859 Robert E. Lee was called upon to lead a force of Marines to end John Brown's raid on the arsenal at this site
  • The Potomac River meets the Shenandoah at this West Virginia village famed for an abolitionist's Civil War raid
  • Then a part of Virginia, this village became famous for an Oct. 16, 1859 event