Produced by David Edwards, Mike Zeug, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Notes: No corrections of typographical or other errors have been made to this text. Words in italics in the original are surrounded by _underscores_. Words in bold in the original are surrounded by =equal signs=. On pages 6 and 7 of the original, a note was typed vertically in the margin. These notes have been treated as footnotes and an anchor has been added in the text. The letter that occurs at the end of the text was not bound into the original book. It was an insert included with the book and has been reproduced here. [Illustration: CAPT. JOHN BROWN] The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry As I Saw It. BY REV. SAMUEL VANDERLIP LEECH, D. D. _Author of "Ingersoll and The Bible," "The Three Inebriates," "From West Virginia to Pompeii," "Seven Elements in Successful Preaching," Etc._ PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. THE DESOTO WASHINGTON, D. C. 1909 Copyright by S. V. Leech, 1909. THE RAID OF JOHN BROWN AT HARPER'S FERRY AS I SAW IT. _By REV. SAMUEL VANDERLIP LEECH, D. D._ The town of Harper's Ferry is located in Jefferson County, West Virginia. Lucerne, in Switzerland does not excel it in romantic grandeur of situation. On its northern front the Potomac sweeps along to pass the national capital, and the tomb of Washington, in its silent flow towards the sea. On its eastern side the Shenandoah hurries to empty its waters into the Potomac, that in perpetual wedlock they may greet the stormy Atlantic. Across the Potomac the Maryland Heights stand out as the tall sentinels of Nature. Beyond the Shenandoah are the Blue Ridge mountains, fringing the westward boundary of Loudon County, Virginia. Between these rivers, and nestling inside of their very confluence, reposes Harper's Ferry. Back of its hills lies the famous Shenandoah Valley, celebrated for its natural scenery, its historic battles and "Sheridan's Ride." At Harper's Ferry the United States authorities early located an Arsenal and an Armory.