On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and his team launched a raid on a federal armory located in Harpers Ferry which was located in the state of Virginia during that time but is now the ...

Three of the men were Brown’s sons. On the evening of October 16, Brown gathered his men together and set out for Harpers Ferry. At first the raid went like clockwork. They cut telegraph wires ...

It starts at Lockwood House, which overlooks what was Harper Cemetery. Originally built in 1848 as housing for the armory ...

Catherine Baldau, executive director of the Harpers Ferry Park Association, “People will get a new, fresh idea of what it was like and what happened during the raid,” Baldau said. And to be ...

Pp. xxvi, 166. Illus., maps, appends., biblio., index. $16.95 paper. ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry amplified North / South tensions and ...

HARPER's FERRY, Va., Thursday ... from the humiliation and disgrace consequent upon the successful rebel raid, which continues to be the theme of conversation. Another correspondent here forwarded ...

US Marine Corps Photo Amphibious warship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) and embarked elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) returned home on Wednesday, wrapping up a seven-month ...

Spotlight on an original weapon that was used by the supporters of the abolitionist John Brown in his historic raid on Harper ... on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

Visitors to Harpers Ferry can see the ruins of the arsenal that John Brown hoped to raid, as well as John Brown's Fort on ...

In one fateful night, John Brown brought the country closer to Civil War (Video: Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Day ...

In one fateful night, John Brown brought the country closer to Civil War (Video: Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Day ...