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HARPENDEN , an See also:urban See also:district in the See also:Mid or St Albans See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England, 25 M. N.W. by N. from See also:London by the Midland railway, served also by a See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. (1901) 4725. It is a favourite outlying residential district for those whose See also:work lies in London. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Nicholas is a See also:modern reconstruction with the exception of the Perpendicular See also:tower. In the See also:Lawes Testimonial Laboratory there is a vast collection of samples of experimentally grown produce, See also:annual products, ashes and soils. See also:Sir See also:John Bennet Lawes (d. 1900) provided an endowment of £1oo,000 for the perpetuation of the agricultural experiments which he inaugurated here at his seat of Rothamsted See also:Park. The success of his association of See also:chemistry with See also:botany is shown by the fact that See also:soil has been made to See also:bear See also:wheat without intermission for upwards of See also:half a See also:century without manure. The See also:country neighbouring to Harpenden is very pleasant, including the gorse-covered Harpenden See also:Common and the narrow well-wooded valley of the upper See also:Lea.
HARPER'S See also:FERRY, a See also:town of See also:Jefferson See also:county, See also:West See also:Virginia, U.S.A., finely situated at the confluence of the See also:Potomac and See also:Shenandoah See also:rivers (which here pass through a beautiful See also:gorge in the See also:Blue See also:Ridge), 55 m. N.W. of See also:Washington. Pop. (1900) 896; (1910) 766. It is served by the See also:Baltimore & See also:Ohio railway, which crosses the Potomac here, by the See also:Winchester & Potomac railway (Baltimore & Ohio) of which it is a See also:terminus, and by boats on the Chesapeake & Ohio See also:Canal, which passes along the See also:Maryland See also:side of the Potomac. Across the Potomac on the See also:north rise the Maryland Heights; across the Shenandoah, on the West Virginia side, the Virginia or See also:Loudoun Heights; and behind the town to the W. the See also:Bolivar Heights. A See also:United States See also:arsenal and armoury were established at Harper's Ferry in 1796, the site being chosen because of the See also:good See also:water-See also:power;these were seized on the 16th of See also:October 1859 by John See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown (q.v.), the abolitionist, and some 21 of his followers. For four months before the See also:raid Brown and his men lived on the See also:Kennedy See also:Farm, in Washington county, Maryland, about 4 M. N.W. of Harper's Ferry. The See also:engine-See also:house in which Brown was captured was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition at See also:Chicago and was later rebuilt on Bolivar Heights; a See also:marble See also:pillar, marked " John Brown's Fort," has been erected on its See also:original site. On See also:Camp See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill is Storer See also:College (See also:state-aided), a normal school for negroes, which was established under See also:Free Baptist See also:control in 1867, and has See also:academic, normal, biblical, musical and See also:industrial departments.
The first See also:settlement here was made about 1747 by See also:Robert Harper, who ran a ferry across the Potomac. The position of Harper's Ferry at the See also:lower end of the Shenandoah Valley rendered it a See also:place of strategic importance during the See also:Civil See also:War. On the 18th of See also:April 1861, the See also:day after Virginia passed her See also:ordinance of See also:secession, when a considerable force of Virginia See also:militia under See also:General See also:Kenton Harper approached the town—an attack having been planned in See also:Richmond two days before—the ,Federal See also:garrison of 45 men under See also:Lieutenant See also:Roger See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones set See also:fire to the arsenal and fled. Within the next few days large See also:numbers of Confederate See also:volunteers assembled here; and Harper was succeeded in command (27th April) by " Stonewall " See also:Jackson, who was in turn succeeded by Brigadier-General See also:Joseph E. See also:Johnston on the 23rd of May. Johnston thought that the place was unimportant, and withdrew when (15th See also:June) the Federal forces under General Robert Patterson and See also:Colonel Lew See also:Wallace approached, and Harper's Ferry was again occupied by a Federal garrison. In See also:September 1862, during General See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee's first invasion of the North, General McClellan advised that the place be abandoned in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order that the 1o,000 men defending it might be added to his fighting force, but General See also:Halleck would not consent, so that when Lee needed supplies from the Shenandoah Valley he was blocked by the garrison, then under the command of Colonel See also:Dixon S. See also:Miles. On Jackson's approach they were distributed as follows: about 7000 men on Bolivar Heights, about 2000 on Maryland Heights, and about 1800 on the lower ground. On the 13th of September General See also:Lafayette McLaws carried Maryland Heights and General John G. See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker planted a See also:battery on Loudoun Heights. On the 14th there was some fighting, but See also:early on the 15th, as Jackson was about to make an See also:assault on Bolivar Heights, the garrison, surrounded by a. See also:superior force, surrendered. The See also:total Federal loss (including the garrisons at Winchester and Martinsburg) amounted to 44 killed (the See also:commander was mortally wounded), 12,520 prisoners, and 13,000 small arms. For this terrible loss to the See also:Union See also:army the responsibility seems to have been General Halleck's, though the blame was officially put on Colonel Miles, who died immediately after the surrender. Jackson rejoined Lee on the following day in See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to take See also:part in the See also:battle of See also:Antietam, and after the battle General McClellan placed a strong garrison (the 12th See also:Corps) at Harper's Ferry, In June 1863 the place was again abandoned to the Confederates on their See also:march to See also:Pennsylvania. After their defeat at See also:Gettysburg, the town again See also:fell into the hands of the Federal troops, and it remained in their See also:possession until the end of the war. On the 4th of See also:July 1864 General See also:Franz See also:Sigel, who was then in command here, withdrew his troops to Maryland Heights, and from there resisted Early's See also:attempt to enter the town and to drive the Federal garrison from Maryland Heights. Harper's Ferry was seriously damaged by a See also:flood in the Shenandoah in October 1878.
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