The Night John Brown Tried to Start a Slave Rebellion
On the night of October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to ignite a slave uprising — and set America on the road to civil war.
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"It Is Well That War Is So Terrible"
On December 13, 1862, Union troops launched wave after wave of frontal assaults against Confederate defenses at Marye's Heights, in one of the Civil War's most one-sided battles.