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A man with this surname names a town where Stonewall Jackson’s forces killed Colonel Dixon S. Miles before capturing a Union garrison in September 1862. Brothers with this surname (20[1])founded a (20[1])publication that originally published The “Brains” and other cartoons by Thomas Nast. George (20[2])Washington’s grandnephew (20[1])Lewis (20[1])was taken hostage in a town named for this surname (20[4])in an incident (20[1])resolved by troops under (*) Robert E. (10[1])Lee. (10[3])That town (10[1])named for a person (10[1])with this surname (10[2])housed the second-ever (10[1])US Armory, (10[3])a (10[1])facility (10[4])captured (10[1])in (10[1])1859 (10[1])in a failed (10[1])attempt (10[1])to spark a slave revolt. (10[2])For 10 points, give this surname in the name of a West Virginia town targeted by abolitionist (10[1])John Brown. ■END■

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