United States Marines under Robert E. Lee

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The United States Marines under Robert E. Lee were the federal troops that swiftly stormed Harpers Ferry to capture John Brown and end his 1859 abolitionist insurrection.

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United States Marines under Robert E. Lee canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps detachment ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
approximateStrength less than 100 Marines ⓘ
associatedWith abolitionism in the United States ⓘ
events leading to the American Civil War ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
branchOf United States Marine Corps ⓘ
casualties few casualties among Marines ⓘ
commander Robert E. Lee ⓘ
commandingRankOfLeader colonel ⓘ
commandStructure under War Department authority ⓘ
conflict John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateOfOperation October 18, 1859 ⓘ
engagementDuration brief assault ⓘ
engagementSite the engine house at Harpers Ferry ⓘ
linked to: Engine House No. 2
followedBy trial and execution of John Brown ⓘ
garrisonOrigin Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped end John Brown's attempted slave insurrection ⓘ
legalStatus federal troops enforcing U.S. law ⓘ
locationOfOperation Harpers Ferry Armory ⓘ
Harpers Ferry, Virginia ⓘ
mission to capture John Brown ⓘ
to end the 1859 abolitionist insurrection at Harpers Ferry ⓘ
notableMember Israel Greene ⓘ
opponent John Brown ⓘ
John Brown's followers ⓘ
partOf United States armed forces ⓘ
precededBy John Brown's seizure of the Harpers Ferry Armory ⓘ
primaryObjective rescue hostages held by John Brown ⓘ
reportedTo U.S. federal government ⓘ
result capture of John Brown ⓘ
suppression of the Harpers Ferry raid ⓘ
role federal troops ⓘ
secondaryObjective secure the federal armory at Harpers Ferry ⓘ
subordinateTo Brevet Colonel Robert E. Lee ⓘ
linked to: Robert E. Lee
timePeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
typeOfEngagement domestic law enforcement action ⓘ
usedEquipment ladder used as a battering ram ⓘ
sledgehammers ⓘ
usedTactic assault on the engine house ⓘ
year 1859 ⓘ

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John Brown’s raid of 1859 → keyMilitaryResponder → United States Marines under Robert E. Lee ⓘ