The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry
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Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson closed in on the federal garrison at Harpers Ferry in September 1862, shelling the town from the surrounding heights until its commander, Col. Dixon Miles, was mortally wounded and the Union troops surrendered. Roughly 12,000 soldiers laid down their arms there, the largest surrender of American troops until Bataan in 1942. The town's position where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet made it a strategic prize throughout the war, and the engraving records a moment that shaped the Antietam campaign that followed.
| Original scan | 2,386 × 2,767 px · prints to 8 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | vhs00112The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry |
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