Historical Marker
A.P. Hills March
Historical marker location:
22 Bakerton Rd, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Bakerton Road and Knott Road (Route 31/2), on the right when traveling west on Bakerton Road.)
<i>Not a moment too soon</i>. Antietam Campaign 1862.
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.