(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
... 1859, he led a 
small force in a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, ... His plan failed 
when a force of U.S. Marines under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee 
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