Man standing next to a cannon in front of John Brown's Fort, where John Brown held out during his raid on Harpers Ferry

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Creator:

National tribune.

Date Created:

1909

Format:

Still image

Genre:

postcards

Extent / Dimensions:

03.71 x 05.74 inches

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Verso: Post card, This space for correspondence, Copyright, 1909, by National Tribune, Washington, D.C., On the night of Sunday, Oct. 16, 1859, John Brown, with 18 of his party, crossed the bridge from Maryland into Harpers Ferry, put out the lights on the street, captured a number of the citizens and took possession of the arsenal. During the next day he maintained an obstinate fight with the militia and citizens, but at nightfall retired to the fire-engine house, which he barricaded for a determined fight. The next morning at 7 o'clock the doors of this were battered in by a detachment of Regular soldiers and Marines, led by Lieut.-Col. R.E. Lee, and after a brief but desperate fight Brown was compelled to surrender. The building was afterwards labeled as John Brown's Fort, and for years was an object of interest to the passerby on the railroad. This space for address. Place the stamp here, One cent of United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two cents for foreign