Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his plans. His ...

Brown's wrathful God had given him a mission: Invade Harpers Ferry, equip a runaway slave army with the 100,000 rifles and muskets in the town armory, and wage holy war on the "great sin against ...

Subject Harpers Ferry Armory (U.S.) History Date 1997 C1997 18th century 19th century Type Books Physical description iv, 209 p. ; 24 cm Place West Virginia Harpers Ferry Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) Data ...

Water power, however, also attracted people and made the town into a 19th-century industrial center. The U.S. Armory and Arsenal was established at Harpers Ferry in 1799.