[DOC] [TLE] Harpers Ferry during the Civil War - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Jan 28, 2009 ... John Brown's Raid; Secession Crisis; Destruction and Military Occupation; The ... 
On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and twenty-one raiders invaded the ... 
Like most Shenandoah Valley communities, Harpers Ferry urged loyalty to the ... 
Title: The Burning of the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. [DOC] [TLE] Ten Facts about Harpers Ferry - Civil War Trust [PAR] Ten Facts about the role of the town of Harpers Ferry in the American Civil War. ... 
Impressed by its location at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah 
Rivers ... abolitionist John Brown raided the Harpers Ferry arsenal in October 
1859. ... On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and a company of 21 men
including... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry - Wikipedia [PAR] John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John 
Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States 
arsenal at Harpers Ferry, .... On Sunday night, October 16, 1859, Brown left four 
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more ... On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and his band overran the 
arsenal. Some of his ... A company of U.S. marines arrived on October 17, led by 
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to the Shenandoah Valley, crossed the Potomac River at a place called The 
Hole. ... selected Harpers Ferry as the site for the United States Armory and 
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base of operations against Confederate troops in the Shenandoah Valley. ... By 
the time of John Brown's Raid in 1859, about ten percent of the town's residents 
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arsenal and to use Blue Ridge Mountains for guerrilla warfare, on October 16, 
1859. ... railroad at the northern end of the Shenandoah valley, Union and 
Confederate troops... [DOC] [TLE] About Harpers Ferry | Corporation of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia [PAR] In 1763 the Virginia General Assembly established the town of "Shenandoah ... 
Lewis Washington, was held hostage during John Brown's raid in 1859. ... and 
three years later, construction began on the US Armory and Arsenal at Harpers 
Ferry. ... On 16 October 1859, the radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 
21... [DOC] [TLE] History | Jefferson County Convention & Visitors Bureau [PAR] Located on the border between the United States and the fledgling ... Jefferson 
County's strategic location at the gateway into the Shenandoah Valley made it a 
target for ... Other military actions included numerous raids of famous 
Confederate ... attacked the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry on October 
16, 1859,... [DOC] [TLE] ourship.aspx - US Navy Hosting [PAR] On October 16, 1859, the radical abolitionist John Brown led a small group of ... 
The failed raid was a catalyst for the American Civil War. ... Because of the town's 
strategic location on the railroad and at the northern end of the Shenandoah 
Valley, ... the US garrison

Question: The U.S. arsenal at this Shenandoah Valley location was raided October 16, 1859
Answer: Harper\'s Ferry