John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry



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Y/M/D Description Place
John Brown's Headquarters, Samples Manor
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, WV
1859/06/00 Abolitionist John Brown stays in Chambersburg from June until mid-October 1859, while receiving supplies and recruits for his raid on Harpers Ferry. John Brown House, Chambersburg, PA
1859/10/19 Four of John Brown's followers hide at the Chambersburg house. John Brown House, Chambersburg, PA
1859/12/02 Sitting on his casket, with his arms tied, John Brown is driven in a wagon to his execution. He is hanged until death. - I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land: will never be purged away but with Blood. I had as I now think Gibson-Todd House, Charles Town
1859/12/15 William Bowditch hides a son of abolitionist John Brown after Brown's execution for his involvement in the Harper's Ferry raid. William Ingersoll Bowditch House, Brookline, MA
1860/00/00 In reaction to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Philip St George Cocke organizes a Powhatan cavalry troop.

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