The United States Marine Corps: A History
From two battalions raised by the Continental Congress in 1775 to the Corps of today: the wars and battles the Marines fought, the leaders who shaped them, and the traditions they carry. **How to read it.** Wars and campaigns are durations, with a picture behind the timeline while they last; battles, milestones and people are moments with their picture. Chapter headings mark the eras. Hover over a cluster of moments to fan it out, and open any moment for its full notes and sources. Related events (a leader and their battle, a battle and its war) are linked. **Sources and images.** Each event links the Wikipedia article it draws on. Images are linked, not copied, from Wikimedia Commons, where most are US government works in the public domain; open an image's original for its author and license. Dates are given in UTC; where only the month or year is known, the notes say so.
94 moments · 1775-04-19T00:00:00Z CE – 2022-08-06T00:00:00Z CE · by @athan · @athan
Marines capture John Brown at Harpers Ferry
Ninety Marines from the Washington barracks, under Lieutenant Israel Greene and with Army Lieutenant Colonel **Robert E. Lee** in overall command, stormed the engine house where the abolitionist John Brown had barricaded himself. Brown's raid and execution pushed the nation toward civil war. **Read more:** [John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry) *Image: Wikimedia Commons ([file page](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Harper%27s_Ferry_insurrection-The_U.S._Marines_storming_the_engine_house-Insurgents_firing_through_holes_in_the_doors_-_from_a_sketch_made_on_the_spot_by_our_special_artist._LCCN00652046.jpg)).*