Six Years of Hell: Harpers Ferry During the Civil War

Chester G. Hearn

1999
LSU Press

319 Pages
ISBN: 0807124400

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Most written accounts of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, during the civil war era begin and end with John Brown’s raid in 1859. This history of the town during the tumultous war years gives equal attention to the civilian experience and the military activities.

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