miles led the soldiers in ending the raid on the harper's ferry arsenal.
miles led the soldiers in ending the raid on the harper's ferry arsenal.
who led the soldiers in ending the raid on the harper's ferry arsenal?
miles
john brown planned to capture the armory and the associated arsenal and use them to supply an army of abolitionists and run-away slave guerrillas. beginning their raid the night of october 16, brown and his small army of 21 men (16 white and 5 black) captured the armory and arsenal and succeeded in taking 60 citizens of harper's ferry hostage. the local militia and armed townspeople killed several members of the insurrection and forced brown to take up position in the fire engine house where brown's men had placed several of the hostages and prepared a defensive fortification. on the night of october 17, u.s. marines and then brevet colonel robert e. lee and his aide j.e.b. stuart arrived in harper's ferry to put down brown's insurrection. the next morning, using a ladder as a battering ram, the marines battered down the door and stormed the fire engine house. one marine was mortally wounded in the attack as well as several of brown's men. some of brown's men managed to escape, but most were captured, including brown who was stabbed by the marine commander, lt. green. the hostages were freed.
john brown's fort
several differences between the springfield model 1795 and the harper's ferry model 1795 have led many to label the harper's ferry version as a significantly different model. quite a few independent contractors also made the weapon as they were in constant demand. the federal armories simply could not make enough muskets to meet demand with the labor force they had during these early years. only about two dozen artisans worked in the harpers ferry arsenal around 1800, and making the muskets from raw materials was a very labor-intensive task. approximately 80,000 springfield model 1795 muskets were produced while about 70,000 were produced at harper's ferry.
model 1795 musket