According to Horwitz, there's an argument to be made that the Civil War began in 1859 at Harpers Ferry, rather than in 1861 at Fort Sumter or Manassas, because that's where things really started ...

During the Civil War, Harpers Ferry changed hands eight times between 1861 and 1865. Most of Harpers Ferry became part of the National Park Service in 1944.

The Harpers Ferry garrison stacked their arms and received paroles, giving their word not to take up arms until exchanged. Then it was first to Annapolis, then to Camp Douglas in Chicago. The 9th ...

Also a locus for the post-war civil rights movement, Storer College was established in Harpers Ferry in 1867 to educate former slaves.

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — Civil War firepower will be on display at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The living history staff and volunteers with the 13th New Jersey infantry will ...

Catherine Baldau, executive director of the Harpers Ferry Park Association, “People will get a new, fresh idea of what it was like and what happened during the raid,” Baldau said.

The Harpers Ferry 'Rising' That Hastened Civil War On the evening of Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led 21 men down the road to Harpers Ferry in what is today West Virginia.