The Harpers Ferry Skedaddlers

Discusses the escape of 1,500 federal troops from a trap by Confederate troops and their eventual capture of an entire supply train at Harpers Ferry under the leadership of Benjamin F. "Grimes" Davis, 1862.

Record Data

Year

1975

Publication Type

Journal Article

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