Petersburg

Historical marker location:

115 Virginia Ave, Petersburg, West Virginia

( Marker is on Virginia Avenue (West Virginia Route 55) east of Main Street (U.S. 220), on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.)

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.