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Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. From: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/hafe/detail.cfm?Image_No=hf%2D0115 Caption: 'Harper's Weekly' in November 1859 reads: "The Harper's Ferry Insurrection.--The U.S. Marines storming the Engine-House.--Insurgents firing through holes in the wall." Year: 1859. Image Credit: Historic Photo Collection, Harpers Ferry NHP.

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