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Special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.]
Harper's Ferry Arsenal captured!

Alexandria, April 19.

--Reliable information states that the Harper's Ferry Arsenal was captured last night by the Virginia forces, without resistance by the Federal troops. Fourteen thousand stand of arms were taken.

[Associated press Dispatch.]

Washington, April 19.

--It is generally reported that the few Government troops stationed at Harper's Ferry felt themselves unable to hold possession of the public works against the superior force of Virginians, and blew up the two principal workshops and retreated to the Maryland side.

The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 20, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.]Harper's Ferry Arsenal captured!

Alexandria, April 19. --Reliable information states that the Harper's Ferry Arsenal was captured last night by the Virginia forces, without resistance by the Federal troops. Fourteen thousand stand of arms were taken.

[Associated press Dispatch.]

Special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.]
Harper's Ferry Arsenal captured!

Alexandria, April 19.

--Reliable information states that the Harper's Ferry Arsenal was captured last night by the Virginia forces, without resistance by the Federal troops. Fourteen thousand stand of arms were taken.