United States federal armory (historical)
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The United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry was a major early American weapons manufacturing and storage facility, historically significant as the target of John Brown’s 1859 raid and a key site in the lead-up to the Civil War.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal armory
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historical site → weapons manufacturing facility → |
| associatedWith |
American abolitionist movement
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United States military history → industrial history of the United States → |
| attackedBy |
John Brown
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John Brown’s abolitionist followers → |
| attackedIn |
October 1859
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| authorizedBy |
President George Washington
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| capturedBy |
U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee (1859)
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| commemoratedBy |
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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| constructionBegan |
1796
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| country |
United States
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| currentStatus |
ruins and foundations within Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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| destroyedBy |
Union forces to prevent Confederate capture (1861)
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| destroyedDuring |
American Civil War
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| disestablished |
1861
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| employed |
gunsmiths
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laborers → skilled machinists → |
| establishedBy |
United States Congress
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| heritageDesignation |
part of a U.S. National Historical Park
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| historicalSignificance |
early center of American industrialization
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key site in development of interchangeable parts → major federal weapons depot before the American Civil War → |
| laterDestroyedBy |
Confederate forces removing machinery and burning buildings
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| locatedIn |
Harpers Ferry
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Virginia (historical) → West Virginia (modern) → |
| locatedOn |
confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
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| machineryRelocatedTo |
Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia
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| notableProduct |
Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle
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Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket → |
| opened |
1799
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| operatedBy |
United States War Department
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| ownedBy |
United States federal government
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| partOf |
United States federal armory system
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| peakEmploymentApprox |
400 to 500 workers
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| primaryFunction |
manufacture of small arms for the U.S. military
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storage of federal weapons and munitions → |
| produced |
experimental firearms
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muskets → rifled muskets → rifles → |
| raidObjective |
seizure of federal weapons to arm enslaved people
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| raidOutcome |
failure of John Brown’s insurrection
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| roleIn |
events leading up to the American Civil War
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| sisterFacility |
Springfield Armory
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| siteOf |
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
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| usedTechnology |
interchangeable parts manufacturing system
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water-powered machinery → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ("United States arsenal (historical)") → |
siteOf |
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United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry
("United States federal armory system")
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partOf |