Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Harper's Ferry” in chapter 14 of John G. Nicolay, The Outbreak of Rebellion:
...would seem that, even in highly civilized nations, there lingers a remnant of the savage superstition that insanity is inspiration; for strong minds caught at the suggestion that he had recognized in Harper's Ferry a negro Thermopylae.
This was apparently the light in which the rebel authorities regarded the place, and its occupancy and retention was made a prime object at the beginning.
Jefferson Davis ...
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† | Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) | 10,974 | 70 | 304 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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