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John Brown's Raid John Brown attacked the Federal Armory at Harper's Ferry, VA, in hopes to gathering weapons to initiate a slave revolt. His raid was quickly stopped by Marine soldiers who were lead by a Colonel Robert E. Lee and an aide J.E.B. Stuart.

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