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Blowing up the highway-railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in the early morning of June 14, 1861 when Confederate Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston and his Army evacuated the town. The bridge was completely destroyed - a fate it was to suffer by fire and flood nine times during the civil war. From a sketch in Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'

1. Destruction of the Harpers Ferry Highway - Railroad Bridge, Jefferson County, Va. (W. Va.)

View of Harpers Ferry from atop a hill.

2. Railroad Bridge at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

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

3. Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

View of Harpers Ferry and bridge from Maryland Heights.

4. Harpers Ferry, W. Va. from Maryland Heights

5. Panoramic View of Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Two bridges cross the river into Harpers Ferry.

6. Scenic View of Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Man and woman sitting on a hillside overlooking bridges in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

7. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Bridge at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  'The most picturesque, beautiful, and historical spot in America.  The view is from the top of Bolivar Heights overlooking the city.  To the left is Md. Heights along the Potomac River, and to the right is Loudon Heights, in Va., along the Shenandoah River; the city itself being in W. Va.  The confluence of the two rivers takes place under the B.& O. RR Bridge.  Harper's Ferry is generally conceded to be the birthplace of the Civil War.  A monument to John Brown has been erected alongside of the RR Track near the station.  The Old Government Arsenal, which was destroyed by the Confederates in 1861 was located along the Potomac at the foot of city.'  See Pamphlet number 7514 at the West Virginia and Regional History Collection for more information.

8. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

9. Bridge at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

10. Island Park and Bridge at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'Just across the Street."

11. Cross Bridge above Creek across the Street from Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

12. Harpers Ferry, W. Va. and the Water Gap