The federal forces that rushed to rescue Harper's Ferry were led by Colonel Robert E. "I determined to summon the insurgents to surrender. John Brown's raid and subsequent trial inflamed the dispute between the country's abolitionist and pro-slavery factions hardening the lines that separated the North and the South. John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never Just before his hanging on DecemberĢ, 1859, Brown uttered a prophetic forewarning of the coming Civil War: "I, Treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia. The following day, seriously wounding Brown. Realizing his predicament, John Brown led his men, along with nine hostages, to the small fire engine house adjacent to the armory.įederal forces arrived on Monday evening and successfully stormed the stronghold ![]() In the meantime, the local militia surrounded the town preventing the raiders' escape. Once it reached its destination, the alarm was raised and federal troops sent to the rescue. A B&O Railroad train was detained as it passed through, but allowed to continue on its journey to Baltimore. Unfortunately, the raiders were unsuccessful in their attempt to isolate the town. They then rounded up 60 townspeople as hostages. Slashing the telegraph wires to cut off the town from the outside world, the raiders captured the local armory, arsenal and rifle manufacturing plant. ![]() ![]() The armsĬaptured by the raid would allow Brown and his followers to establish a stronghold in the near-by mountains from which they could attack slaveholders and draw liberated slaves into their ranks.īrown's raid attained initial success. Goal was to destroy the slave system of the South. Their immediate objective was the capture of Just after sundown on the evening of Sunday Octoberġ6, 1859 John Brown led a group of 21 men (16 white and 5 black) across the Potomac
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