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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8D3_john-brown_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Here John Brown aimed at human slavery a blow that woke a guilty nation. With him fought seven slaves and sons of slaves. Over his crucified corpse marched 200,000 black soldiers and 4,000,000 freedmen singing "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering …
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"I will pledge myself that there is not a spot in the United States which combines more or greater requisites...."George WashingtonMay 5, 1798
Harpers Ferry's history and geography have influenced each other for more than 250 years. Early settl…
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Situated in a gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains and at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, Harpers Ferry, from its beginning, functioned as a natural avenue of transportation.The first mode of travel consisted of a primitive ferry e…
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"General Hill, charge and give them the bayonet."Major Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" JacksonSeptember 15, 1862
Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division received orders from Stonewall Jackson to flank the Federal left on Bolivar Heights on Sunday afternoon,…
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Heyward Shepard
On October 17, 1859, abolitionist John Brown attacked Harper's Ferry to launch a war against slavery, Heyward Shepard, a free African American railroad baggage master, was shot and killed by Brown's men shortly after midnight.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70F_john-brown-monument_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Commemorated here is the original location of the "John Brown Fort"—the Federal Armory's fire engine house where abolitionist John Brown and his raiders were captured by the U.S. Marines on October 18, 1859. If you look to the south, you wil…
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"On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac [Potomac], in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together aga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QX_hayward-shepherd_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
On the night of October 16, 1859, Heyward Shepherd, and industrious and respected Colored freeman, was mortally wounded by John Brown's raiders in pursuance of his duties as an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. He became the fir…
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Passing through this region in 1747, Robert Harper — a Pennsylvania architect contracted to build a Quaker church in the Shenandoah Valley — was so impressed by the beauty of this place and the water-power potential of the Potomac and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6K2_lockwood-house_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
With its commanding view of Harpers Ferry and the Potomac River gap, this house has witnessed significant chapters in Harpers Ferry's history. It was built in 1847 as quarters for the U.S. Armory paymaster and later served as headquarters for Unio…