899: Midnight Rising: 1of2: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War Paperback – Illustrated, August 7, 2012. by Tony Horwitz (Author)
Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1944. Harper's Ferry. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsao http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Parler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Midnight Rising: 1of2: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War Paperback – Illustrated, August 7, 2012. by Tony Horwitz (https://www.amazon.com/Tony-Horwitz/e/B000APAGJA/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Rising-Brown-Sparked-Civil/dp/0312429266/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=midnight+horowitz&qid=1608931667&s=books&sr=1-1 Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown launched a surprise raid on the slaveholding South. Leading a biracial band of militant idealists, he seized the massive armory at Harpers Ferry, freed and armed slaves, and vowed to liberate every bondsman in America. Brown's daring strike sparked a savage street fight and a counterattack by U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee. The bloodshed and court drama that followed also shocked a divided nation and propelled it toward civil war. Tony Horwitz's Midnight Rising brings Brown and his uprising vividly to life and charts America's descent into explosive conflict. The result is a taut and indispensable history of a man and a time that still resonate in our own.