Gen. Braddock is Defeated

Historical marker location:

350 Cold Stream Rd, Capon Bridge, West Virginia

( Marker is on Cold Stream Road (County Route 15 at milepost 15), just south of Clark Hillside Drive, on the right when traveling north.)

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.