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The Harper's Ferry Insurrection.--Volunteers Shooting Insurgents Who Had Taken Refuge by Swimming to a Rock, Throwing Others Off the Bridge, Etc.
From sketches made on the spot by our Special Artist. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 29, 1859.
Periodicals Collection, West Virginia State Archives

Chapter Ten: The Raid
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His Soul Goes Marching On

West Virginia Archives and History