Drawing of Harpers Ferry Arsenal , Captured By John Brown
Date:
undated
Description:
The U.S. Army Buildings which John Brown took possession of. Harpers Ferry, W. VA. Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Meeting of the States of MD., W. VA., and VA. Arsenal captured, October 16, 1859.
Burning of the U. S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry
Date:
1861/04/18
Description:
Burning of the U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry on the night of April 18, 1861. From a sketch in Leslies Weekly. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'