According to Horwitz, there's an argument to be made that the Civil War began in 1859 at Harpers Ferry, rather than in 1861 at Fort Sumter or Manassas, because that's where things really started ...

So our family set out to explore the Civil War era by visiting the battlefields of Gettysburg, Antietam, Harper’s Ferry, First and Second Bull Run and Fredericksburg, three field hospitals, and ...

Catherine Baldau, executive director of the Harpers Ferry Park Association, “People will get a new, fresh idea of what it was like and what happened during the raid,” Baldau said.

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — Civil War firepower will be on display at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The living history staff and volunteers with the 13th New Jersey infantry will ...

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry amplified North / South tensions and is viewed by many as a contributing factor to the outbreak of Civil War, some even calling it the first shots of that conflict, ...

While soldiers from North and South maneuvered in Maryland, fought over the vital South Mountain passes on Sept. 14, 1862, and then prepared for the bloody battle along the banks of Antietam Creek, ...

Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his plans. His ...

Even amidst a glutted field of racist markers, the Harpers Ferry monument stands out 10/19/2018 07:00 UTC 7 things the United Daughters of the Confederacy might not want you to know about them ...

The Harpers Ferry 'Rising' That Hastened Civil War On the evening of Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led 21 men down the road to Harpers Ferry in what is today West Virginia.