Harpers Ferry offers a 'perfect ... Location drew American attention to the village of Harpers Ferry during the days of the Civil War, ... The park located at the corners of West Virginia, ...

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 ...

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park commemorates important events and issues of the Civil War era. Efforts to establish the park began in 1936 when Storer CollegePresident Henry McDonald met with ...

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.

Tony Horwitz tells the story of how Brown's defeat helped spark the Civil War, in Midnight Rising. On the evening Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid he ...

Tony Horwitz tells the story of how Brown's defeat helped spark the Civil War, in Midnight Rising. On the evening Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led ...

Tony Horwitz tells the story of how Brown's defeat helped spark the Civil War, in Midnight Rising. On the evening Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led ...