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An illustration of volunteers shooting insurgents who had taken refuge by swimming to a rock, and throwing others off the bridge at Harpers Ferry. This sketch was drawn on the spot by an unknown artist.
Date: 1859
Item Number: 208765
Call Number: B Brown, John *131
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208765
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Military Facility - Guardhouse
Built Environment - Function - Government - Correctional Facility
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine - Illustrations
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Other States - Virginia
Places - Other States - West Virginia
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Illustrations
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