John Brown
The raid on the Harpers Ferry Federal arsenal was a failure because Brown had a serious misconception about the best way to abolish slavery in the US. His plan was ill conceived and he had no evidence at all that slaves were anywhere near a rebellion. Brown found himself at odds with the US Army and that was a huge error.
John Brown
The capture of the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry was a short lived success. John Brown succeeded and from that point he and his followers tried to instill a slave rebellion in Virginia. The attempt to encourage slaves to revolt had no support from slaves or anyone associated with Brown's attempt. Ultimately, the US army recaptured the arsenal and captured Brown. The cause of the failure was Brown's ill conceived idea that slaves would rush to revolt.
John Brown and his abolitionist followers raided the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to obtain guns and ammunition for his planned slave revolt. He did take over the arsenal, however, the plan failed totally.
John Browns intent was to start a revolt by slaves, with the slaves killing their masters. This outraged many Southerners, and widened the division between North and South.
John Brown
They attacked the government arsenal at Harper's Ferry, to arm the slaves for a nationwide rebellion. The plot failed because the US Army patrol sent to arrest them was led by an exceptionally able officer called Colonel Robert E. Lee.
John Brown
To free the slaves
I assume you refer to John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. No. George Custer was not present. He may have been still in school at West Point. The person you may be thinking about is the person who later became a famous Confederate cavalry commander: JEB Stuart. Since John Brown attacked a Federal arsenal, the President ordered US troops to stop him. A small group of US Marines arrived. They were placed under the command of an Army colonel, Robert E. Lee, and JEB Stuart was also part of this group of soldiers who attacked and suppressed John Brown's raid.
Anti slavery abolitionist John Brown did not spark the US Civil War. He did become a martyr for the cause to end slavery in that he was executed a few months after his attack on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
The raid on the Harpers Ferry Federal arsenal was a failure because Brown had a serious misconception about the best way to abolish slavery in the US. His plan was ill conceived and he had no evidence at all that slaves were anywhere near a rebellion. Brown found himself at odds with the US Army and that was a huge error.
The raid on the Harpers Ferry Federal arsenal was a failure because Brown had a serious misconception about the best way to abolish slavery in the US. His plan was ill conceived and he had no evidence at all that slaves were anywhere near a rebellion. Brown found himself at odds with the US Army and that was a huge error.
The raid on the Harpers Ferry Federal arsenal was a failure because Brown had a serious misconception about the best way to abolish slavery in the US. His plan was ill conceived and he had no evidence at all that slaves were anywhere near a rebellion. Brown found himself at odds with the US Army and that was a huge error.
Abolitionist leader. Harpers Ferry was the location of a US Army arsenal. Brown and his followers seized the arsenal on October 16, 1859. A US Marine detachment from the Marine Barracks, Washington, led by Ist Lt Israel Greene, USMC, assualted Brown's group and retook the arsenal on October 18, 1859. The overall commander of the operation was Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee. Lee was home at Arlington, VA, on leave from his command, the 2d US Cavalry, stationed in Texas and was tasked by the Secretary of War to command the operation. Interestingly, Lee's adjutant (aide or officer assistant) at Harpers Ferry was US Army 1st Lt. J.E.B. Stuart, future Major General and Commander of the Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virgina (Lee's major command in the Confederate Army).
John Brown
In 1858, Robert E. Lee was serving as a colonel in the US Marines when he recaptured Harper's Ferry from John Brown and his associates.