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Unidentified man stands on a railroad track with the Potomac River behind him, 'Armory building on original site to left'.

1. Harpers Ferry, Va. Before 1861

IDNO:: 006591
Title:: Harpers Ferry, Va. Before 1861
Date:: ca. 1860
Description:: Unidentified man stands on a railroad track with the Potomac River behind him, 'Armory building on original site to left'.

Looking east along the Potomac River on the Virginia (West Virginia) side. The ruins of the Armory can be seen on the left and telegraph poles line the damaged tracks. Two men, one leaning on a telegraph pole and another next to the house are not identified. The photograph was taken several weeks after the September,1862 battle when Stonewall Jackson's artillery shelled the town, forcing the Union troops to surrender.

2. Harpers Ferry Gap, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va. )

IDNO:: 039079
Title:: Harpers Ferry Gap, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va. )
Date:: 1862/10
Description:: Looking east along the Potomac River on the Virginia (West Virginia) side. The ruins of the Armory can be seen on the left and telegraph poles line the damaged tracks. Two men, one leaning on a telegraph pole and another next to the house are not identified. The photograph was taken several weeks after the September,1862 battle when Stonewall Jackson's artillery shelled the town, forcing the Union troops to surrender.

A bird's eye view of Harpers Ferry, showing the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.

3. Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:: 053339
Title:: Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: A bird's eye view of Harpers Ferry, showing the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.