Brown decided to strike at Harpers Ferry, a small town about one hundred kilometers from Washington. It was part of Virginia at that time, but is now located in the state of West Virginia.
布朗决定进攻哈珀斯镇,这是一座距华盛顿只有一百公里左右的小镇,这个小镇在当时属于维吉尼亚州,现在则属于西维吉尼亚州。
Without firing a shot, Brown now controlled the three places he wanted in Harpers Ferry.
布朗未放一枪就控制了在哈珀斯镇他想控制的三个地方。
Harpers Ferry was built on a narrow finger of land where the Shenandoah River flowed into the Potomac.
哈珀斯镇建在一个狭窄的地带,雪兰多河流经此地进入波托·马可河。
He says Harpers Ferry was a noisy,dirty, polluted industrial city in what was then Virginia, the largest slave state in America.
VOA: special.2009.11.06
A group of one thousand soldiers went to Harpers Ferry,Virginia, where the Union army had a gun factory and arsenal.
VOA: special.2009.08.20
A few hours after Brown was captured, the Governor of Virginia and three Congressmen arrived in Harpers Ferry.
VOA: special.2009.07.02
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