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Firing Flintlocks at Harpers Ferry

Reenactors fire flintlocks at Harpers Ferry. In 1803, Meriwether Lewis obtained from 15 rifles, 15 powder horns, 30 bullet molds, 30 ball screws, extra rifle and musket locks, gunsmith's repair tools, several d... More

A View of the Potomac at Harpers Ferry

Thomas Doughty - Harpers Ferry from Below

Harpers Ferry. (From the Potomac side).

Harpers Ferry. (From the Blue Ridge).

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just befor...

Men shot and bleeding, John Brown and others with rifle and pikes, and hostages inside the engine house of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 2... More

Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Captain Alberts' par...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 358.

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Troops on the Camp Hill Landscape, 1862

This 1862 photograph of Federal troops stationed at the armory superintendent's house shows the condition of the Camp Hill landscape during the 1860s. Note the generally bare, compacted, and eroded earth.

Harper's Ferry, VA, no. 641 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows view of town, railroad, bridge, and river.

[Map of the Shenandoah Valley from Strasburg, Va., to Harpers Ferry an...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

[Map of portions of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, centering o...

Shows roads in red, and railroads, place names, etc. in black. Relief shown by hachures. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Following the statemen... More

U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Va.

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle with bayonet from the side, top, and bottom. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in... More

The burning of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. Ap...

Print shows the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in flames as soldiers and citizens carry away to safety the munitions that were stored there. Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 228 (1861 May 11), p. 293.

Birds eye view of the seat of war. Arranged after the latest surveys, ...

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.9 "J. Haven, sole agent, 31 Exchange St." printed in the lower right margin. Panoramic map looking South from Baltimore to Cape Henry. Description derived fro... More

U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Va.

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle from the side, top, and bottom. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va.

Detail of a printed map of Winchester, Va., and environs, with annotations and additions by Sneden. Additions include inclusion of roads, notes about and dates of battles and skirmishes, location of the point w... More

Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va

Detail of a printed map of Winchester, Va., and environs, with annotations and additions by Sneden. Additions include inclusion of roads, notes about and dates of battles and skirmishes, location of the point w... More

Earth Entrenchments and Cannon, Maryland Heights, Harpers Ferry.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1018. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1...

Photograph shows non-commissioned staff Color Sergeant William Lamonby and Company Sergeant Thompson; Right Gen. Guide Wyckoff, Color Sergt. Geo. V.W. House; Lockwood; Sergt. Major Charles Walker; Left Gen. Gui... More

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows young African American camp servant of Colonel Lloyd Aspinwall of Field & Staff, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment, standing in front of tent with sword as Aspinwall peeks from inside the tent. N... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B838. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Serie... More

Group, 22nd New York State Militia, near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e...

No. B163. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, page 69". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B853. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative (stereoscopic) in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1014. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private J.H. Carpenter and unidentified soldiers playing cards in front of tent. No. B849. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in t... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862. Color coding indicates... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private E.T. Avory standing with bayoneted rifle. No. B959. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives.... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1019. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B795. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B858. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1030. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B915. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B794. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va. (i.e. We...

No. B186. Title from item. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities ... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private J.H. Kissam standing with bayoneted rifle. No. 890. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives.... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1006. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B793. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Joseph P. Goodliff of Co. I, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment with bayoneted rifle, bedroll, and backpack. No. B777. Negative in the National Archives, who attribute the ima... More

B Company, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i...

No. 4134. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Published in: History of the Twenty-second regiment of the National guard of the state of New York ... / by General George W. Wingate. New York: E. W. ... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B986. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B844. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private James P. Bonnett and unidentified soldiers in front of tent. No. B837. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in the National ... More

Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1...

No. B214. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B784. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Serie... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 i.e.1862

No. B785. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th,...

Shows the area of convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers that marks the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Details include the location of Union forces in the town of Harper's Ferry and ... More

Company G, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i...

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B822. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B845. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B774. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B855. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B797. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i...

Sketch of the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, [W.] Va., by Wm. Luce, Oct. 1...

Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacen...

Civil War salted paper maps. AL-40. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 699 Relief shown by contour lines. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as ra... More

Map shewing [sic] movements of Union and Rebel armies from 30th June t...

Covers parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, focusing on the Gettysburg area south through Sharpsburg and Frederick City, Md., and ending around Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.]. At the end of June 1863... More

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper ...

Concerns an area of Maryland and Virginia between the towns of Cumberland, Md., on the west and Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.], on the eastern side of the map. Sneden details the mountainous topography highlig... More

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacen...

[Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjace...

Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 700 Printed edition of the preceding map indicating relief by hachures rather than by contour lines. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also ... More

Maryland Heights: Siege of Harpers Ferry

Map shewing sic movements of Union and Rebel armies from 30th June to ...

Covers parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, focusing on the Gettysburg area south through Sharpsburg and Frederick City, Md., and ending around Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.]. At the end of June 1863... More

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

[Topographic map of the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia].

Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink over pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H191 Available also through the Library of C... More

Vicinity of Harpers Ferry.

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Date and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title on verso partially obscured by mounting. Pen-and-ink on 2 sheets of tracing linen, pasted to... More

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

The war in upper Virginia - Gen. Sheridan's headquarters at Harper's F...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 Sept. 3, p. 381.

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac, at Harper's Ferry

Harpers Ferry.

Harper's Ferry, Va

Stereograph shows view of town, railroad, bridge, and river. Title from item. Gottheim collection code: GCW 54A. Handwritten number on verso: 295AH.3. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs... More

Bollman Iron Bridge, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

[Harpers Ferry]

[Jefferson's Rock, Harpers Ferry]

Storer College

Storer College, in Harpers Ferry, WV opened its doors in 1867. By 1870, Storer was the only teacher-training institution for African Americans in the state of West Virginia.

[Harpers Ferry, West Pennsylvania]

Harper's Ferry by moonlight / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood.

Steel engraving by R. Hinshelwood after painting by Granville Perkins. Copyright by D. Appleton & Co. Illus. in: Picturesque America / William Cullen Bryant. N.Y. :[c1872-], v. 1.

Baltimore & O.R.R. Scenery - Harpers Ferry

[Jefferson's Rock, Harpers Ferry]

Baltimore & O.R.R. Scenery - Harpers Ferry

Baltimore & O.R.R. Scenery - Harpers Ferry

Soldiers and prisoner T. Hovenden 1884 ; Fredk. Juengling sc. N.Y. '84

Print shows John Brown leaving a jail on the way to his execution by hanging; he stops on the steps to kiss an African American infant. A delegation of sheriff and deputies follow him and the way is lined with ... More

John Brown's fort, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Photograph shows fire engine house used by John Brown in his raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, painted with "John Brown's Fort" to attract tourists. Title devised by Library staff. Stamp on verso: "Hotel Conner, J... More

John Brown Obelisk

The granite memorial obelisk for John Brown was placed on the railroad berm in 1895 by a group of African Americans, including Frederick Douglass. It was located above grade from where John Brown's fort was loc... More

Harper's Ferry, W. Va. : The Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. bridge, The Potom...

Postcard showing views of the Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. Bridge, and the Potomac.

Lock 33 in 1900 and 2015

A blend of a 1900 image taken at Lock 33 near Harpers Ferry and present day.

Niagara Descendants' Breakfast

Descendants of the 1905-1906 Niagara members gathered for a breakfast reception.

Harper's Ferry, W.Va., from Maryland Heights

Postcard showing panoramic view of the town of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Includes Virginia and the Shenandoah River to the left; and the Potomac River and Maryland to the right, with bridges, including the... More

Harper's Ferry, W. Va. : The Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. bridge, The Potom...

Postcard showing views of the Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. Bridge, and the Potomac. F58370 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyright deposit; 1907; (PR 06 CN 038).

Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Postcard shows panoramic view of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge. F 58363 U.S. Copyright Office. A49191. No. 139. Title from item. Cop... More

From West Virginia's jutting crags, sweeping Bolivar Heights and the b...

Postcard showing a view of the Potomac River with Bolivar Heights in West Virginia on the left and Maryland on the right. F65399 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. "Fort Sullivan" in upper right corner. Co... More

The "Hill-Top House," and Ridge street west.

Postcard shows a street view of Hilltop House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. F65402 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Includes vignette of Civil War soldier admiring the view on verso. Copyright 1... More

Harpers Ferry, across the Potomac from the tunnelled base of Maryland ...

Postcard showing a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry. Includes Potomac River and bridges. Taken from the vantage point of the tunnelled base of Maryland Heights. F65396 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Inc... More