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1. HARPCW_120408_014.JPG: Military Commanders of Harpers Ferry 1861-1865
2. HARPCW_120408_019.JPG: 1861 -- Battle of Bolivar Heights: In early October 1861, union sympathizer and mill owner, Abraham Herr provided 20,000 bushels of wheat from Virginius Island mill to Union Colonel John W. Geary. This action infuriated Confederate Colonel Turner Ashby, who called the gift of wheat intolerable "depredations" against Virginia. Retaliation was inevitable. At 7:00am on October 16, 1861, exactly two years after John Brown raided Harpers Ferry, 500 soldiers led by Ashby attacked Geary's line on Bolivar Heights. The Southerners forced their enemy back into the town of Bolivar. Throughout the morning, Ashby ordered repeated assaults on the Union position. The fighting lasted over six hours with Geary's force of 600 ultimately repulsing the Confederate with an assault on their left flank, thus forcing Ashby into full retreat. The victors planted Union flags on the heights. Days later, Confederates disguised as civilians returned and set fire to Herr's Mill. Colonel John W. Geary, USA: Geary was wounded while leading his troops in the Battle of Bolivar Heights. He was commissioned brigadier general in April 1862 and served with distinction throughout the rest of the war. After the war he served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1867-1873. Colonel Turner Ashby, CSA: Ashby led Confederate forces during the Battle of Bolivar Heights. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on May 27, 1862. Just ten days later, Ashby was killed while leading a rear guard action near Harrisonburg, Virginia.
3. HARPCW_120408_048.JPG: Timeline: 1859: October 16-18: John Brown raised U.S. Armory/Arsenal November 2: John Brown is sentenced to hang. December 2: John Brown is executed in Charles Town, Va. 1860: November 7: Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president. December 20: South Carolina secedes. 1861: April 12-14: Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, is fired upon by Confederate troops. April 15: President Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the rebellion. April 17: Virginia secedes. April 18: Federal troops under command of Lt. Roger Jones (USA) set fire to the US Armory/Arsenal. April 19 -- 2,400 Virginia volunteer militia occupy Harpers Ferry. April 28 -- Col. Thomas J. Jackson (CSA) assumes his first command of the war and trains Virginia volunteers who became party of the Stonewall Brigade. April - May -- Armory machinery and tools are removed and hipped to Richmond, Va. and Fayetteville, NC. May 23 -- Jackson captures 56 locomotives in a raid on the B&O Railroad. June 14 - 15: Confederate Army evacuates Harpers Ferry and destroys U.S. Armory and the B&O Railroad. July 4 -- Skirmish fire across the Potomac River between Confederate cavalry and the 9th New York. The first civilian death occurs when Frederick Roeder is shot by a Union soldier on Maryland Heights. July 21 -- First Battle of Manassas. July 21 -- Federal troops briefly occupy Harpers Ferry. July 25 -- Approximately 7,000 Federal troops Harpers Ferry. August 17 -- Federal troops withdraw to Maryland shore. October 16 -- Battle of Bolivar Heights. Col. John Geary's (USA) Union troops clash with Col. Turner Ashby's (CSA) Confederate troops. Union forces hold their positions as the Confederates fall back into the Shenandoah Valley. October 18 -- Confederate forces burn Herr's flour mill on Virginia Island in retaliation for Herr supplying grain to Union troops. October 21 -- Battle of Ball's Bluff. 1862: February 1 -- Union soldiers burn the commercial area near "The Point" in retaliation for the death of a Federal scout. February 25 -- Federals occupy the town to maintain communication and supply lines along the B&O Railroad and deter invasion of the Shenandoah Valley. February 26 -- Federal troops complete a pontoon bridge across the Potomac River. March 4 -- Federal troops begin repair of the B&O Railroad. May - June -- Shenandoah Valley Campaign. May -- Union Army and U.S. Navy construct a Naval artillery battery on Maryland heights. May 29-30 -- Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (CSA) and his forces probe the defenses of Union positions on the western ridge of Bolivar Heights. June 15 -- Gen. John E. Wool (USA) orders strengthening of Harpers Ferry defenses. June 25 - July 1 -- Seven Days Battles, near Richmond. August 28 - 30 -- Second Battle of Manassas. September 4 -- 1st Confederate invasion of the North. September 9 -- Maryland campaign. Gen. Lee issues Special Orders No. 191, boldly dividing his army into four parts, sending three columns to capture or destroy the federal garrison at Harpers Ferry. September 12 -- Gen. Julius White (USA) and Union troops are forced from Martinsburg, Va. (today W.Va.) to Harpers Ferry by Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (CSA). White relinquishes his command to Col. Miles at Harpers Ferry. September 13 - 15 -- Battle of Harpers Ferry. September 13 -- "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederates take strategic positions on the hills surrounding Harpers Ferry garrison. September 14 -- Battle of South Mountain. September 14 -- "Stoneswall's" artillery bombards the Harpers Ferry garrison. Jackson orders A.P. Hill's (CSA) division to the Chambers Farm (today the Murphy Farm) to outflank the Union position on Bolivar Heights. September 15 -- Approximately 12,700 Federal soldiers surrender to "Stonewall" Jackson. September 17 -- Battle of Antietam. September 18 -- Confederates evacuate Harpers Ferry. September 20 -- Federals occupy Harpers Ferry and begin extensive fortifications on the heights. September 22 -- President Lincoln issues the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. September - December -- Federals build military roads, stone redoubts, and signal station on Loudoun Heights and Stone Fort, four powder magazines and a 30-pounder artillery battery on Maryland Heights. October 1 - 2 -- President Lincoln reviews Federal troops on Bolivar, Loudoun, Maryland Heights and tours the John Brown Fort. December 13 -- Battle of Fredericksburg.
4. HARPCW_120408_053.JPG: 1863: January 1 -- President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. April - May -- Recognizing the importance of Harpers Ferry to the defense of Washington, Chief Engineer, Gen. John Barnard (USA) plans and recommends extensive fortifications in and around Harpers Ferry. April 30 - May 6 -- Battle of Chancellorsville. June -- Federal troops add 100-pounder artillery piece and a series of breastworks on Maryland Heights. June 16 -- 2nd Confederate invasion of the North. June 17 -- Federal troops evacuate Harpers Ferry and man fortifications on Maryland Heights. June 20 -- West Virginia admitted to the Union as the 35th state. June 30 -- Federals abandon Maryland Heights and withdraw to Frederick, Maryland. June 30 -- Virginia cavalry attacks Union cavalry on Bolivar Heights, capturing Federal soldiers and occupying Harpers Ferry. July 1 - 3 -- Battle of Gettysburg. July 4 -- Battle of Vicksburg. [Odd sign. July 4 is when the battle ended at Vicksburg, which had been under siege for a considerable time, as the Confederates surrendered.] July 7 -- Federal troops reoccupy Maryland Heights. July 14 -- Federal troops reoccupy Harpers Ferry and reconstruct Potomac pontoon bridge. July 14 -- 1st Connecticut Cavalry attacks the 12th Virginia Cavalry near Bolivar Heights. 12th Virginia captures 25 Federal cavalry. ??? MISSING ANYTHING ??? 1864: January 10 -- Col. John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers (CSA) suffer a rare defeat following their failed ambush of Maj. Henry Cole's Maryland Cavalry (USA) on Loudoun Heights. May 5 - 7 -- Battle of the Wilderness. May 8 - 21 -- Battle of Spotsylvania. May 15 -- Battle of New Market. May 31 - June 12 -- Battle of Cold Harbor. June 9 -- Siege of Petersburg begins. July 4 -- 3rd Confederate invasion of the North. July 4 -- Gen. Jubal Early (CSA) forces Union soldiers to withdraw to Maryland Heights. Bombardment by Federal troops force Early back, delaying attack on Washington. July 7 -- Federal forces reoccupy Harpers Ferry. July 9 - 12 -- Battle of Monocacy. August - October -- Shenandoah Valley Campaign. August - December -- Gen. Philip Sheridan (USA) establishes base of operations at Harpers Ferry. Soldiers construct earthwork defenses along the crest of Bolivar Heights, connecting six artillery redoubts with a series of infantry trenches. September 16 - 17 -- Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (USA) convenes Council of War with Sheridan and overnights in Harpers Ferry. September 19 -- Battle of 3rd Winchester. September 22 -- Battle of Fisher's Hill. September 23 -- 1,500 prisoners from Winchester and Fisher's Hill are processed through Harpers Ferry, some are temporarily held in John Brown's Fort. October 19 -- Battle of Cedar Creek. November 8 -- President Lincoln is reelected. 1865: March 3 -- Freedman's Bureau is established. April 2 -- Richmond, Va., capital of the Confederacy falls. April 5 -- Notorious Confederate guerilla and Harpers Ferry native John Mobberly is shot and killed by Federal cavalry near Lovettsville, Va. April 9 -- Gen. Robert E. Lee (CSA) surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (USA) at Appomattox. April 14 -- President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. April 26 -- Gen. Joseph E. Johnston (CSA) surrenders the Army of Tennessee and other troops under his command. May 23 - 24 -- The Grand Review of the Armies military procession is held in Washington, D.C. to honor the Union army and the conclusion of the war. June 30 -- Federal troops at Harpers Ferry are mustered out of service. December 6 -- 13th Amendment to the Constitution is adopted. It officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
5. HARPCW_120408_066.JPG: Col. Dixon S. Miles, photographed at Harpers Ferry in August 1862, was a regular army veteran of 40 years. He received orders to "not abandon Harpers Ferry without defending it to the last extremity." As he surrendered Harpers Ferry to the Confederates, Miles was mortally wounded by a bursting Confederate shell.
6. HARPCW_120408_070.JPG: Colonel John W. Geary, USA: Geary was wounded while leading his troops in the Battle of Bolivar Heights. He was commissioned brigadier general in April 1862 and served with distinction throughout the rest of the war. After the war, he served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1867-1873.
7. HARPCW_120408_073.JPG: Colonel Turner Ashby, CSA: Ashby led Confederate forces during the Battle of Bolivar Heights. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on May 27, 1862. Just ten days later, Ashby was killed while leading a rear guard action near Harrisonburg, Virginia.
8. HARPCW_120408_087.JPG: "The subsequent organization of the state of West Virginia and its separation from the state of Virginia were acts of secession. Thus we have... insurrection, revolution, and secession." -- Jefferson Davis
9. HARPCW_120408_090.JPG: "It is said that the admission of West Virginia, is secession, and tolerated only because it is our secession. Well, if we call it by that name, there is still difference enough between secession against the constitution, and secession in favor of the constitution." -- Abraham Lincoln
10. HARPCW_120408_097.JPG: West Virginia -- Born of Civil War: Although men from the western mountains of Virginia fought on both sides during the Civil War, the majority of the people from this region remained loyal to the Union and created this new state. After President Lincoln's call for troops to put down "the rebellion" in 1861, Jefferson County, home to Harpers Ferry, spurned the Union and embraced the Confederacy. By 1863 however, the presence of Union troops and the interests of the B&O Railroad influenced the vote in favor of joining the new state of West Virginia. State Seal: West Virginia entered the Union as the 35th state on June 20, 1863. The state seal adopted in that year bears the motto [in Latin] "Mountaineers Always Free."
11. HARPCW_120408_100.JPG: Emancipation Proclamation: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it fundamentally transformed the character of the war.
12. HARPCW_120408_104.JPG: First Alert: Harpers Ferry provided an excellent vantage point to monitor enemy movements and activity. In June 1863, Union garrison commander General Daniel Tyler took full advantage of this strategic advantage. While the Union Army, under the command of General Joseph Hooker, remained perplexed about the whereabouts of the Confederates, Tyler was able to pinpoint their movement an d provide the first alert to Federal officials about the Confederate invasion of the north that resulted in the Battle of Gettysburg. "The signal officer just reports that the atmosphere is clear, and that he can see a line of troops 10 to 12 miles long marching from the direction of Berryville toward Shepherdstown Ford. It looks as if Lee's movement is towards Hagerstown and Pennsylvania." -- General Daniel Tyler, June 23, 1863
13. HARPCW_120408_112.JPG: 1864 -- Washington Saved! In July of 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early departed the Shenandoah Valley to attack Washington DC. Intent on crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Early found his path blocked by Union troops. After skirmishing on July 4, Early forced Union General Max Weber and 400 West Virginia reserves to evacuate Harpers Ferry. Weber burned the bridges as he fell back to Maryland Heights and was joined by Franz Sigel. The Confederates attacked from the north for two days, halting 600 yards from the Federal line. Jubal Early then gave orders to abandon the attack and bypass Maryland Heights. The Confederates lost three days, giving the Federals time to fight again at the Monocacy River and to reinforce the defenses of Washington DC. "My desire had been to maneuver the enemy out of Maryland Heights, so as to enable me to move directly from Harpers Ferry for Washington." -- General Jubal Early General Jubal Early, CSA: Early marched approximately 20,000 troops to Silver Spring, Maryland -- within sight of the Capitol dome -- where he demonstrated against Ft. Stevens before retreating. Had it not been for the Union defenses at Harpers Ferry and on Maryland Heights, there may well have been Confederate troops in the White House. General Franz Sigel, USA: As the Confederates approached Martinsburg, West Virginia, General Sigel withdrew 6,000 Union soldiers south to Harpers Ferry. Despite his successful defense of Maryland Heights, Sigel was relieved of command on July 8, 1864.
14. HARPCW_120408_116.JPG: General Jubal Early, CSA: Early marched approximately 20,000 troops to Silver Spring, Maryland -- within sight of the Capitol dome -- where he demonstrated against Ft. Stevens before retreating. Had it not been for the Union defenses at Harpers Ferry and on Maryland Heights, there may well have been Confederate troops in the White House.
15. HARPCW_120408_119.JPG: General Franz Sigel, USA: As the Confederates approached Martinsburg, West Virginia, General Sigel withdrew 6,000 Union soldiers south to Harpers Ferry. Despite his successful defense of Maryland Heights, Sigel was relieved of command on July 8, 1864.
16. HARPCW_120408_138.JPG: 1864 -- A Base for Sheridan: General Philip H. Sheridan made Harpers Ferry his supply depot when he took command here on August 6, 1864. Sheridan's campaign broke the Confederate control of the Shenandoah Valley. His army made the Valley a wasteland. To deprive Lee's army of a major source of food, Sheridan followed Gen. U.S. Grant's order to "make all the valleys south of the Baltimore and Ohio road a desert as high up as possible. I do not mean that houses should be burned, but every particle of provisions and stock should be removed, and the people notified to move out." Sheridan established his first headquarters in the Lockwood House at Harpers Ferry. The army stored food and supplies in the reroofed armory buildings. John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost of the Confederacy, persistently harassed Sheridan's supply lines. Mosby wrote, "The main object of my campaign was to vex and embarrass Sheridan and, if possible, to prevent his advance into the interior of the State." Mosby's men capture Union wagon trains near Rippon, West Virginia. Sheridan rode along his lines after the Union victory at Fisher's Hill on September 22, 1864. Sheridan's army smashed the Confederates at the battles of Winchester (Opequon Creek), Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. Report of Sheridan to Grant, October 7, 1864: " ... the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been made untenable for a rebel army. I have destroyed over 2,000 barns, filled with wheat, hay, and farming implements; over seventy mills filled with flour and wheat; have driven in front of the army over 4,000 head of stock; and have killed and issued to the troops not less than 3,000 sheep."
17. HARPCW_120408_143.JPG: John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost of the Confederacy, persistently harassed Sheridan's supply lines. Mosby wrote, "The main object of my campaign was to vex and embarrass Sheridan and, if possible, to prevent his advance into the interior of the State." Mosby's men capture Union wagon trains near Rippon, West Virginia.
18. HARPCW_120408_146.JPG: Sheridan rode along his lines after the Union victory at Fisher's Hill on September 22, 1864. Sheridan's army smashed the Confederates at the battles of Winchester (Opequon Creek), Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. Report of Sheridan to Grant, October 7, 1864: " ... the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been made untenable for a rebel army. I have destroyed over 2,000 barns, filled with wheat, hay, and farming implements; over seventy mills filled with flour and wheat; have driven in front of the army over 4,000 head of stock; and have killed and issued to the troops not less than 3,000 sheep."
19. HARPCW_120408_151.JPG: 1865 -- The End of War: Four years of war took a heavy toll on this once thriving industrial community. The town had change hands eight times and the resulting devastation prompted Charles Mounton of the 34th Massachusetts to write, "Harpers Ferry is a ghost of a former life... the entire place is not actually worth ten dollars." A Maryland resident further described the scene, "The ruins of the Government works... are a brickyard. Churches have become hospitals; gardens and pleasure grounds, graveyards; private residences, barracks and stables. Most of the inhabitants have fled... Only nature is as calm and magnificent as ever." Remarkably, one building survived unscathed -- John Brown's Fort -- the armory fire engine house. It became a monument to John Brown and a symbol of freedom. Hand in hand with the battle for freedom Freewill Baptist mission teachers and their students. As the seeds of Storer College were planted and nurtured, Harpers Ferry emerged from the war to begin again. Contraband: Contraband was a term commonly used during the Civil War to describe the new status of certain escaped slaves or those who sought refuge with the Union Army. During the Civil War, Harpers Ferry was controlled by the Union Army 80 percent of the time and became a haven for escaped slaves as they sought freedom behind the northern lines. Freedman's Bureau: Created in March of 1865, the Freedman's Bureau was established to provide aid to former slaves. Perhaps its most significant contribution was establishing schools for these newly freed people. The Harpers Ferry Bureau worked with the Freewill Baptist to establish Storer College in 1867. This headquarters was closed in September 1868. The lasting legacy of the Freedman's Bureau lives on today through historically black colleges and universities. "Schools, in their quiet way do more for the elevation and amelioration of these people than anything else." -- Lieutenant Augustus Ferzard Higgs, Superintendent of the Freedman's Bureau at Harpers Ferry
20. HARPCW_120408_161.JPG: Contraband: Contraband was a term commonly used during the Civil War to describe the new status of certain escaped slaves or those who sought refuge with the Union Army. During the Civil War, Harpers Ferry was controlled by the Union Army 80 percent of the time and became a haven for escaped slaves as they sought freedom behind the northern lines.
21. HARPCW_120408_164.JPG: Freedman's Bureau: Created in March of 1865, the Freedman's Bureau was established to provide aid to former slaves. Perhaps its most significant contribution was establishing schools for these newly freed people. The Harpers Ferry Bureau worked with the Freewill Baptist to establish Storer College in 1867. This headquarters was closed in September 1868. The lasting legacy of the Freedman's Bureau lives on today through historically black colleges and universities. "Schools, in their quiet way do more for the elevation and amelioration of these people than anything else." -- Lieutenant Augustus Ferzard Higgs, Superintendent of the Freedman's Bureau at Harpers Ferry
22. HARPCW_120408_168.JPG: Storer College: Following the Civil War, the Reverend Dr. Nathan Cook Brackett established a Freewill Baptist primary school in the Lockwood House. With funding from John Storer of Sanford, Maine, "Storer Normal School" was opened and two years later the federal government conveyed the Lockwood House and three other former Armory residences to the school. Storer was primarily a teacher's college and by 1938 was a full degree granting institution. The college closed in 1955.
23. HARPCW_120408_191.JPG: Martial Law: The People Under Guard: The people of Harpers Ferry saw their community destroyed and their lives and freedom threatened. Civilians lost their freedom no matter which army controlled the city. Town resident Annie Marmion wrote that life in Harpers Ferry was "... Where the power of one Army ended and the authority of the other began..." In a time of war, both civilians and soldiers lost rights guaranteed by the civil justice system. They faced imprisonment and trial by military courts. The rights denied the citizens of Harpers Ferry by martial law during the Civil War compared in a small way with the oppressive restrictions suffered daily by African Americans -- whether free or enslaved -- before the war. Careless weapons firing endangered soldiers and civilians alike. The .58 caliber lead minie balls struck many houses in Harpers Ferry. Halt! Show Your Pass! Union sentries in Harpers Ferry demanded identification of all travelers -- both civilian and military. All individuals were suspected spies. A pass did grant some liberty to friends of the Union, however, by permitting controlled movement to and from the town. Obtaining a pass: (1) The Question[s] -- What is your business here? What do you intend to see? How long do you expect to remain? (2) Proof of Loyalty -- Swearing an oath of allegiance to the Union. (3) Physical Description -- Written on pass to prevent exchange with other people. "The men were quartered for a day in empty houses. Of these there were plenty -- so many in fact that two were torn down and ten gutted for wood for the regimental fires." -- George W. Wingate, 22nd New York Militia "Blackened walls met the eye at every turn; there was no life in town. Now and then we saw a prowling inhabitant strolling [???] around the ghost of a former life." -- Col. George Gordon, 2nd Massachusetts Vol. Inf. "We have placed some twenty of our horses in the basement of what was one of the most extensively and elegantly furnished houses in the village." -- Lt. Col. William S. Lincoln, 34th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry "... lights of every kind being regarded as signals to the Rebels were usually greeted by a volley of guns." -- Annie P. Marmion was a child during the Civil War and lived at Harpers Ferry with her father, Dr. Nicholas Marmion "Our unripe experience led us to mistake the glistening of the moonbeams upon the windows of a church opposite for the camplights of the enemy. We fired a volley into it." -- Sgt. William Barnes, Co. I, 13th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, describing an 1861 volley into St. Peter's Catholic Church
24. HARPCW_120408_192.JPG: Careless weapons firing endangered soldiers and civilians alike. The .58 caliber lead minie balls struck many houses in Harpers Ferry. "... lights of every kind being regarded as singnals to the Rebels were usually greeted by a volley of guns." -- Annie P. Marmion was a child during the Civil War and lived at Harpers Ferry with her father, Dr. Nicholas Marmion "Our unripe experience led us to mistake the glistening of the moonbeams upon the windows of a church opposite for the camplights of the enemy. We fired a volley into it." -- Sgt. William Barnes, Co. I, 13th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, describing an 1861 volley into St. Peter's Catholic Church
25. HARPCW_120408_196.JPG: Halt! Show Your Pass! Union sentries in Harpers Ferry demanded identification of all travelers -- both civilian and military. All individuals were suspected spies. A pass did grant some liberty to friends of the Union, however, by permitting controlled movement to and from the town. Obtaining a pass: (1) The Question[s] -- What is your business here? What do you intend to see? How long do you expect to remain? (2) Proof of Loyalty -- Swearing an oath of allegiance to the Union. (3) Physical Description -- Written on pass to prevent exchange with other people.
26. HARPCW_120408_200.JPG: Civil War period handcuffs and leg irons
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