Who was the leader of the us militia that retook the arsenal

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed territories to practice popular sovereignty. Kansas could decide to be free or slave. Free state settlers were attacked by "border ruffians" from slave state of Missouri. This man a religious zealot who felt his mission was to cleanse the country of slavery raided and committed atrocities against pro-slavery individuals. He had a plan to free all the slaves in Virginia. He eventually invaded Harpers Ferry. Who was he? Was he successful? Who was the leader of the US militia that retook the arsenal?

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