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The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought September 12–15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.As Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson surrounded, bombarded, and captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Cannons from the Battle of Harpers Ferry on Bolivar Heights. The Bolivar Heights Battlefield in Jefferson County, West Virginia, partly in the town of Bolivar, is an American Civil War battlefield which, – because of its strategic position overlooking Harpers Ferry, where the U.S. had an armory, and its placement at the head of the Shenandoah Valley – was the site of five separate ...
The Gibson-Todd House was the site of the hanging of John Brown, the abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia before the opening of the American Civil War. The property is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and includes a large Victorian style house built in 1891.
Images to be 200 or 160px, landscape format ... Battle of Harpers Ferry. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia was the site of several battles. Portal:American Civil War/Intro ...
Battle of Harpers Ferry, by Robert Knox Sneden (edited by Durova) African-American Civil War soldiers , author unknown (edited by Durova ) Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln , and John A. McClernand in 1862 by Alexander Gardner
A display on abolitionist John Brown will include photos and videos of his life in Akron and the story of his raid at Harpers Ferry.The exhibit will feature a reproduction of one of the iron ...
The restored Kennedy Farm House in 2019. The Kennedy Farm is a National Historic Landmark property on Chestnut Grove Road in rural southern Washington County, Maryland.It is notable as the place where the radical abolitionist John Brown planned and began his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today West Virginia), in 1859.
Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1–2. Harrisonburg June 6. Battle of Cross Keys June 9. Moved to Strasburg June 19–22, then to Middletown June 24, and duty there until July. At Winchester, Va., until September 2. Evacuation of Winchester September 2, and retreat to Harpers Ferry. Defense of Harpers Ferry September 11–15.