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1855 Springfield Rifle
... occurred at the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry because of this location's proximity ...

1860 Republican Convention
... To avoid a radical label after Harper's Ferry, candidate Seward dispensed with the ... "labor" states. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry had not

Antietam
... try and save the garrison at Harper's Ferry, but this would prove futile. ... orders to relieve the garrison at Harper's Ferry, Major General Will

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
... road pushed west from Baltimore, reaching Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Piedmont, Grafton, and Wheeling ... Early's first stop was once again Harper

Battle of Harpers Ferry
Harper's Ferry was a key location for ... The key to this route was Harper's Ferry. Lee knew the town - ... massive gorge in the Blue Ridge, Harper's

Benjamin Huger
... was Superintendant at the arsenal at Harper's Ferry in the early 1850's. Major ...

Darius Couch
... Maryland Heights (across the Potomac from Harper's Ferry). Franklin left Couch to control ...

Edmund Ruffin
... League." In 1859, Ruffin rushed to Harper's Ferry when talk of additional revolt ...

Edward O. C. Ord
... to advance with 150 men to Harper's Ferry to suppress John Brown's revolt. ...

Edwin Vose Sumner
... identified him during the Raid on Harper's Ferry. Sumner received an order directly ...

Fire-eaters
... 1858 and John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry all rekindled calls for an ... least briefly. Following Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry, the power of

First Manassas - First Bull Run
... south of a Yankee contingent in Harper's Ferry under the command of Robert ...

George Armstrong Custer
... and repositioned himself from Winchester to Harper's Ferry over the next month and ...

George McClellan
... him to withdraw the men in Harper's Ferry. Halleck refused, creating the situation ... had expected the Union troops in Harper's Ferry to withdraw

Harpers Ferry
... Potomac into Virginia to advance on Harper's Ferry. Scott had two objectives: first, ... near Manassas Junction. As Patterson entered Harper's Fer

J. E. B. Stuart
... inform him of a problem at Harper's Ferry. Abolitionist John Brown had commandeered ... White House, then by train to Harper's Ferry, then on the

John Floyd
... reached Floyd of an insurrection at Harper's Ferry. Floyd ordered Edward O. C. ... days for him to arrive at Harper's Ferry. In Floyd's mind, this

Joseph E. Johnston
... Confederate Army was the troops in Harper's Ferry and the surrounding area. Johnston doubted he could hold Harper's Ferry, so he withdrew. When wo

Joseph Hooker
... miles from Chambersburg and reports from Harper's Ferry had the Union garrison withdrawing ... misunderstanding between Halleck and Hooker over Ha

Jubal Anderson Early
... command was intact when he reached Harper's Ferry. On June 22, Lee ordered ...

Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C.
... headed north through the Shenandoah towards Harper's Ferry. Franz Siegel US pulled back from Harper's Ferry to a prepared position on ...

Philippi
... the West. Its protection west of Harper's Ferry was the responsibility of George ... seized the railhead and arsenal at Harper's Ferry and Baltimo

Robert Barnwell Rhett
... South. When John Brown struck at Harper's Ferry Barnwell Rhett's words seemed prophetic. ...

Robert E. Lee
... an insurrection was being mounted in Harper's Ferry. After visiting the White House, ... of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, Harper's Ferry lay

Salmon P. Chase

Special Orders No. 191

Stonewall Jackson
... war, Major Jackson was ordered to Harper's Ferry by Robert E. Lee, then ...

Stuart's Ride Around McClellan
... was Stuart who accompanied Lee to Harper's Ferry to deal with abolitionist John ...

The Election of 1860
... Scott decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry) tore at North-South relations, Bleeding ... a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, both men