John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged /įrank Leslie's illustrated newspaper Library of Congress The Aftermath Marines arrive by train from Washington, D.C. Raiders Owen Brown, John Cook, Barclay Coppoc, Francis Meriam, and Charles Tidd, guarding supplies in Maryland, escape into the hills. Raider Stewart Taylor is shot and killed. Raiders Albert Hazlett and Osborne Anderson, overlooked by townspeople, leave the Arsenal and escape across the Potomac River. Dark Hundreds of excited militiamen and townspeople jam the streets of Harpers Ferry.3:00 pm At the Armory, militiamen free most of the hostages and force Brown and his men into the engine house.A drunken mob, enraged by the mayor's death, murders William Thompson and tosses his body into the Potomac River. At the Armory, Fontaine Beckham, mayor of Harpers Ferry, is shot and killed as he ventures, unarmed, too close to the fighting. Raider John Copeland and Ben - a formerly enslaved person - are captured. Raider John Kagi and Jim - a formerly enslaved person - are killed and Raider Lewis Leary is mortally wounded as they try to escape across the Shenandoah River. 1:00 pm Raider William Leeman is killed as he attempts to escape across the Potomac River.Noon Raiders Watson Brown and Aaron Stevens are shot while carrying a second flag of truce.Following a prayer, he outlined his battle plans and instructed them, "Men get on your arms we will proceed to the Ferry." On Sunday, October 16, Brown called his men together. On September 30, Brown sent Martha and Annie home to New York. Brown studied maps and conferred with John Cook, hid advance man in Harpers Ferry, about the town, armory operations, train schedules and any other information deemed valuable to his plan. The girls prepared meals, washed clothes and kept nosy neighbors at a distance. To keep up the appearance of a normal household, Brown sent for his daughter, fifiteen year old Annie, and Oliver's wife, seventeen year old Martha. To avoid being seen by curious neighbors, they could only come out at night. Numbering twenty-one at the time of the raid, these men stayed hidden in the attic by day, reading, writing letters, polishing their rifles and playing checkers. Throughout the summer Brown's Army gathered at the farmhouse. Using the alias Isaac Smith, Brown rented the Kennedy Farm about five miles from Harpers Ferry, on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. In the preceding months, he had raised money from other abolitionists and ordered weapons - pikes and guns - to be used in his war against slavery. On July 3, 1859, Brown arrived in Harpers Ferry, accompanied by his sons, Oliver and Owen, and Jeremiah Anderson. Marines storming the engine houseįrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Library of Congress Preparing for War
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