In one fateful night, John Brown brought the country closer to Civil War (Video: Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Day ...

While there were many battles during the Civil War at Harpers Ferry, the most famous came just beforehand – and many believe it was the catalyst that pushed an already divided nation into war.

The city has marked the Battle of Nashville for decades. Now, a new effort is underway to preserve Fort Negley.

Students watch an excerpt from the episode John Brown Pike, in which they learn about abolitionist John Brown and his 1859 attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They then ...

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest ... John Brown and his 1859 attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They then create posters depicting prominent abolitionists ...

I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and I grew up visiting Park Service Civil War battlefields in the Mid-Atlantic ... Gettysburg National Military Park and Harpers Ferry National Historical ...

With both narrative verve and a telling eye for the dramatic, he has also given us an intimate portrait of the competing worlds of slavery and abolitionist activism on the cusp of the Civil War. The ...

John Brown was known for his raid on Harpers Ferry. His advance on the town started ... John Brown’s last written words The Civil War — the deadliest war in U.S. history — started due ...

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s ...