(Ken Burns reads.)  In 1859 Robert E. Lee was called upon to lead a force of Marines to end John Brown's raid on the arsenal at this site
Upon their return here, John E. Cook, one of the party sent to 
Mr. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown & Harpers Ferry | Lessons, Resources, and Activities ... [PAR] 'Harper's Weekly' in November 1859 reads: "The Harper's Ferry Insurrection.