[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
Monday, September 15, 1862
This morning at 8 o clock, Harpers
Ferry surrendered scarcely without firing a gun--
It was completely surrounded as we had
troops in Md--as well as before it
on this side--. We captured some stores
thousands of arms--1300 Yankees &
between two & three thousand
negroes or contrabands--many persons
went down & got their servants but Pa
would not go--intended to try to get
them to morrow. poor things how
sorry I feel for them--
[as transcribed by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]
MSS 15406
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