• Interior of the John Brown Fort

    Harpers Ferry

    National Historical Park WV,VA,MD

War Comes to Harpers Ferry - Student Developed Vodcasts

Between October 2010 and April 2011, 59 students from Harpers Ferry Middle School volunteered over 1500 hours to complete six vodcasts (mini-movies) about the year 1861. This is the third installment in this series of student-developed movies.

Click to view the vodcasts below. Please note that the file format is .mov.

Harpers Ferry, 1859-1861
The Virginia Secession, 1861
The Burning of the Arsenal
Families of Harpers Ferry, 1861
Lincoln Lately, 1861
Harpers Ferry, 1861 - Dreams of Being There

The vodcasts are also available on YouTube.

Did You Know?

Troops pose for a photo at Harpers Ferry.

Harpers Ferry changed hands 8 times during the Civil War. These Union troops posed for a picture on Camp Hill in Harpers Ferry in October, 1862.