The three-year period in Jefferson County, Va. encompasses the John Brown raid, trial and their executions; followed by tumultuous debates and the secession of Virginia; then the revolt to that by western Virginia; explosions at Harper’s Ferry; massive armies; vast railroad destruction and regular conflict; emptied cupboards; thousands of African-Americans converging on the “freedom land” [...]
About Jim Surkamp
American history major graduating from Colgate University; researcher for American Heritage magazine; compiler/creator of the Jim Surkamp Collection at the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research in New York on holocaust issues; Winner of an Angel Award in 1994 for "moral excellence in the media" for an hour-long, nationally-broadcast radio drama accurately depicting the condition called post-traumatic stress in combat veterans; source of over 600,000 words of award-winning history-related content on the web; creator of 200 productions for regional cable television on the history of the Shenandoah Valley.Glancing at 3 Famous Years: October, 1859-October, 1862 (PART 1) by Jim Surkamp
Glancing at 3 Famous Years: October, 1859-October, 1862 (PART 2) by Jim Surkamp
The three-year period in Jefferson County, Va. encompasses the John Brown raid, trial and their executions; followed by tumultuous debates and the secession of Virginia; then the revolt to that by western Virginia; explosions at Harper’s Ferry; massive armies; vast railroad destruction and regular conflict; emptied cupboards; thousands of African-Americans converging on the “freedom land” [...]
Glancing at 3 Famous Years: October, 1859-October, 1862 (PART 3) by Jim Surkamp
The three-year period in Jefferson County, Va. encompasses the John Brown raid, trial and their executions; followed by tumultuous debates and the secession of Virginia; then the revolt to that by western Virginia; explosions at Harper’s Ferry; massive armies; vast railroad destruction and regular conflict; emptied cupboards; thousands of African-Americans converging on the “freedom land” [...]
VIDEO/POST: 25 “Perfect” Days at The Bower – fall, 1862 by Jim Surkamp
Video: Click here. TRT: 18:25. To greatly enlarge, click on image. flickr 84 images Click here. TRANSCRIPT: This series of short videos, first, describes the perilous time for Confederate Cavalry General J.E.B. Stuart and his men at a seldom-used river crossing. The second video is about actions between September 22 and September 28, 1862. The [...]

