Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Harper's Ferry” in chapter 5.12 of Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1.:

...ferry. There we set down our guns to be run forward by hand to Bolivar Heights, west of the town, from which we could shell the place if necessary. The well-known raid of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry , Virginia, for the purpose of freeing slaves by force of arms, occurred on the evening of Sunday, the 17th of October, 1859. His party, including himself and five negroes (three of whom were fugiti...
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Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) 10,974 94 304 2 0 user votes

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