He had been ready in 1858 to launch his war -- he had both the men and the ... He rented a farm in Maryland, across the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry. Here he assembled his arms and waited ...

The "Civil War Showcase" in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, offers an immersive experience of the Civil War era. Visitors are greeted at a replica of John Brown's engine house and can explore ...

But the civil rights movement ... arsenal at Harpers Ferry that propelled the nation closer to civil war. Newscom John Brown and many of his followers waited in a fire engine house for ...

ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry amplified North / South tensions ... pinning him and his band down in the Engine House of the arsenal on ...

Learn more about the best things to do in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia including must see historical sites and local outdoor attractions.

A Queen Anne Revival in Harpers Ferry, a condo in an 1840 house in Charleston, and a shingled house in New Bedford. By Angela Serratore This four-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom house is in the ...

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of ... s abolitionist raid in 1859, a key Civil War battlefield, and the meeting place for the Niagara Movement, a 1906 gathering of ...

His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded ... were left in a small brick building, the engine house. The next morning, the raiders gazed out on a ...

In one fateful night, John Brown brought the country closer to Civil War (Video: Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Day ...