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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 20 (search)
on Washington's estate, were shot dead; and Oliver Brown, another of the old man's sons, being hit bent of the same force assailed them in front. Brown, seeing that his assailants were in overwhelmihad already been liberated upon the retreat of Brown to the engine-house. Col. Baylor commanded in chief. The firing ceased at nightfall. Brown offered to liberate his prisoners, upon condition tdge in safety, which was refused. Night found Brown's forces reduced to three unwounded whites besrty, who had been sent out at early morning by Brown to capture slaveholders, and liberate slaves, mory guard, very close to the engine-house. Brown, of course, remained awake and alert through tmond soon after: Col. Washington said that Brown was the coolest man he ever saw in defying deareat; in an instant, all resistance was over. Brown was struck in the face with a saber and knockegham, of Ohio, hastened to visit and catechise Brown, in the hope of making political capital out o[2 more...]