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United States Armory at Harper's Ferry WV Abandoned
and burned by its garrison
in the American Civil War
April 18, 1861
Online Books:
Official Records, Union
and Confederate Reports (Pages 3-6)
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, by the United
States War Department, 1880
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Union Battle Summary |
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Harper's Ferry, Va., April 18, 1861. Detachment of Recruits under
Lieut. R. Jones. Upon the approach of the Confederate forces on the
night of April 18, Lieut. R. Jones, in charge of the ordnance depot,
fired the arsenal containing 15,000 stands of arms, and withdrew under
cover of darkness. Less than half an hour after his retirement some
2,000 Confederates entered the town and managed to save the blacksmith
shop and some of the smaller stores.
Source: The Union Army, Volume 5, Cyclopedia of Battles,
1908 |
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