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Telegram from A.M. Barbour, Superintendent of the Arsenal at Harpers Ferry to the Secretary of War   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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War Department. The Adjutant General's Office. (03/04/1907 - 09/18/1947)
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Telegram from A.M. Barbour, Superintendent of the Arsenal at Harpers Ferry to the Secretary of War
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  • Scope and content: On October 16, 1859, John Brown and his "army" of some 20 men seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). By the morning of October 18, Marines under the command of Bvt. Col. Robert E. Lee, stormed the building and captured Brown and the survivors of his party. Even after Brown was captured, false rumors persisted about abolitionists and slaves hiding in the mountains, preparing for a new attack on the town. It was in this atmosphere of panic, as the Marines prepared to withdraw, that the Superintendent sent this plea for help to the Secretary of War.
  • General notes: Letters Received, Main Series, File W-386. Exhibit History: "American Originals," December 1996 - December 1997, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. 624.0054.
Date 19 October 1859
date QS:P571,+1859-10-19T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q518155
Archives I Reference Section, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCT1R), National Archives Building, Washington, DC
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  • Record group: Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 (National Archives Identifier: 423)
  • Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 (National Archives Identifier: 300368)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWCTB-94-CORRPI17E12-W386(1859)2

NAIL Control Number: NWDT1-94-CORR-PI17E12-W386(1859)2
Other Identifier: 03559

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