An attack on this town was put down when the attackers were trapped in an engine room by Colonel Robert E. Lee on October 18, 1859.
Lewis Sheridan Leary, a veteran of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, was killed at this site. The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a controversial monument to a "faithful slave" named Heyward Shepherd who was killed at this location. Dixon S. Miles died unsuccessfully trying to prevent this hard-to-defend town from falling to Stonewall Jackson in September 1862. The historically black (*) Stoner College is located here. An attack on this town was put down when the attackers were trapped in an engine room by Colonel Robert E. Lee on October 18, 1859. That attack was led by a man trying to obtain arms from this site to spark a slave revolt. For 10 points, name this town at the eastern tip of modern-day West Virginia where a federal arsenal was raided by John Brown.
Lewis Sheridan Leary, a veteran of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, was killed at this site.
Harpers Ferry  [or  Harpers Ferry Armory  or United States Armory at  Harpers Ferry ]