From 1800 to the start of the Civil War in 1861, the Harpers Ferry armory produced about 600,000 weapons for the U.S. military until the armory was destroyed by the Confederate Army, Park Ranger ...

Today, fewer than 300 examples of the Model 1805 Harpers Ferry survive, including the last pair produced by the armory in 1808, sold by James D. Julia Auctioneers in October 2017 for $28,750.

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 ...

This place is so special that I’m not sure anyone can do it justice with mere words.The heart of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is an attractive 19th century community with a fascinating ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — John Brown ... to the tense moments of 1859,” Chief Park Ranger Melinda Day said. “John Brown, the abolitionist, attacked the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry to start a ...

Harpers ferry, civil war,civilw ar trust. Market isn’t historic, but it will be missed. A flea market that has been drawing Harpers Ferry visitors for three decades is set to close soon.

Made between 1806 and 1808, the Model 1805 Harpers Ferry was the first military pistol produced by a national armory in the United States. More than 4,000 of the guns were produced in serial ...

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. The plan was to take the town's federal armory and, ultimately ...

Horwitz, who won acclaim in 1998 for "Confederates in the Attic," returns to the Civil War for his sixth book: a readable and probing look at the polarizing figure of preacher-terrorist John Brown.

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 ...