Jackson captures the B&O railroad garrison at Harpers Ferry
September 15, 1862, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
- Date
- September 15, 1862
- Where
- Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 47 of 174
The garrison, officially the Railroad Brigade, existed to protect the B&O and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Surrounded and shelled, it surrendered 12,419 men, 13,000 small arms, 200 wagons and 73 artillery pieces, the largest surrender of Federal forces in the war. Jackson's soldiers ate the Union food supplies and took new uniforms.
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