A ferry crosses the Delaware Bay from the town of Lewes Delaware to Cape May and back several times every day.

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A group of one thousand soldiers went to Harpers Ferry,Virginia, where the Union army had a gun factory and arsenal.

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The old man thought he and his men could hold Harpers Ferry until slaves in the area rebelled and joined them.

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They would call for help. And several groups of militia in the area would come to the aid of Harpers Ferry.

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Harpers Ferry was built on a narrow finger of land where the Shenandoah River flowed into the Potomac.

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This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Jack Moyles continue the story of John Brown and his raid on Harpers Ferry.

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People living in the area needed another way to get to the city besides the small ferry boats.

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Officials called out the militia, ordering the men of Charles Town to get ready to go to the aid of Harpers Ferry.

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This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Kay Gallant tell us what happened to John Brown after he seized Harpers Ferry.

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Most of them bring cars. It can take more than one hour to drive from the ferry to the center of town.

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A few hours after Brown was captured, the Governor of Virginia and three Congressmen arrived in Harpers Ferry.

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That day brought the news that a group of Abolitionists had attacked the town of Harpers Ferry.

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Last month,the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and other partners held many programs observing the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of John Brown's raid.

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On October sixteenth, eighteen fifty-nine, John Brown led an armed group of twenty-one men into Harpers Ferry.

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We are going to the Ferry." A wagon was brought out and a horse tied to it.

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Many people visit Harpers Ferry to see a town that looks the same as it did more than one hundred fifty years ago.

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A flat-topped boat called the On-Time Ferry takes people and cars to a nearby small island,Chappaquiddick.

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Two men left the group to cut the telegraph lines east and west of Harpers Ferry.

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In October of eighteen fifty-nine, a group of anti-slavery extremists attacked the town of Harpers Ferry.

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Brown decided to strike at Harpers Ferry, a small town about one hundred kilometers from Washington.

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Visitors to Harpers Ferry can learn about America's history as it brings the past to life.

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Without firing a shot, Brown now controlled the three places he wanted in Harpers Ferry.

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In Washington, President Buchanan and Secretary of War John Floyd did not learn of the rebellion at Harpers Ferry until after ten o'clock that morning.

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Across from Harpers Ferry,in Maryland, was a Union army almost twice the size of Johnston's.

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Soon after sunrise, men began arriving at Harpers Ferry from other towns in the area.

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This force, led by General Joe Johnston, was in the Shenandoah Valley near Harpers Ferry,Virginia.

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The "Secret Six" feared they would face criminal charges if Brown attacked Harpers Ferry.

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A few minutes later, a train from the west arrived at Harpers Ferry.

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John Brown was an important person in the history of Harpers Ferry.

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