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The Union army refused to give up. Frustrated by the Federals' stronghold on Bolivar Heights, "Stonewall" Jackson ordered cannons to the mountain tops and nearby plateaus. Pounded by a day and a morning of Confederate bombardment, Union soldiers f…
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"Do all you can to annoy the rebels should they advance on you...You will not abandon Harpers Ferry without defending it to the last extremity."Maj. Gen. John G. Wool, USATelegraph message to Col. Dixon S. Miles, USASeptember 7, 1862
The first …
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"The Rebels were all around us and our only refuge was the open canopy of heaven."Sgt. Charles E. Smith32nd Ohio InfantrySeptember 14, 1862
Thousands of Federal soldiers huddled in ravines on Bolivar Heights to escape the Confederate shells of …
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"...the heights became dotted with tents, and at night...the neighboring hills were aglow with hundreds of watchfires..."Joseph Barry, Harpers Ferry residentOctober 1862
After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, General Lee withdrew h…
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"...We enter the barren wast of Bolivar Heights...a windswept deserted moorland...except its populous graveyard."James E. Taylor, war correspondentFrank Leslie's Illustrated NewspaperAugust 10, 1864
Military discipline for desertion seldom resu…
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Resting with his troops in Frederick, Maryland, 20 miles northeast of here, Confederate General Robert E. Lee had hoped the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry would abandon its post when he invaded the North. They did not. Lee decided to attack. He d…
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Union Commander Dixon Miles knew the Confederates were coming. His cavalry reported the Southern troops advancing from three different directions. Ordered to "hold Harpers Ferry until the last extremity." Miles divided his forces to retain Marylan…
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Union and Confederate soldiers transformed these fields into campgrounds full of dingy tents, smoky campfires and boiling kettles during the Civil War. Shouting officers drilled their troops until Bolivar's grass was trampled into precision parade…
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Surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers, Harpers Ferry thrived as an industrial community during the first half of the 19th century. By 1860, nearly 3,000 residents lived in the Harpers Fer…
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This church built in early 1840s was occupied by both Union and Confederate troops for military purposes during Civil War.