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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, chapter 1.13 (search)
Southern region, had always been faithful to the traffic in human souls. On a flag that waved in the ranks of the lawless sheriff's southern force, on that memorable 20th of May, was printed the Goliath-like boast of the embattled propagandists of oppression: You Yankees tremble, and Abolitionists fall; Our motto is, Southern Rights for All. The cause of God, and his servants, and despised poor, looked gloomy; but there were many hearts, fully conscious that, armed with justice and Sharpe's rifles, the right would come uppermost ere long. And among them, encamped in the woods of Southern Kansas, was a stern old man, whose cold blue eye lighted up with a holy lustre, as he read in the Sacred Book, written by the finger of his God and Father: Be strong and courageous; be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him; With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to h
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 7: battle of Black Jack. (search)
ipped! yelled the Missourians, before the battle had lasted ten minutes; and, breaking from the wagon, they retreated to the ravine, and concealed themselves there, some seven or eight of them being wounded. One was shot through the mouth by a Sharpe's rifle bullet. He had been squatted behind the wagon wheel; the ball hit one of the spokes, shivering it, and the border ruffian, in trying the juggler's feat of catching it in his mouth, got it lodged somewhere away about the root of the tonguheir spirits — as most of them were mere boys — and to intimidate the enemy. He returned to the ravine; the firing was still kept up. It is proper to state that Brown and Shore's men had but four guns of long range; there were only three or four Sharpe's rifles in both companies. Pate's prisoners and the wounded. While the firing was going on, one of Pate's men got up and swore he would see to the prisoners. A guard had been stationed to watch the three Free State prisoners, the tent in
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Pate found and fought. (search)
ipped! yelled the Missourians, before the battle had lasted ten minutes; and, breaking from the wagon, they retreated to the ravine, and concealed themselves there, some seven or eight of them being wounded. One was shot through the mouth by a Sharpe's rifle bullet. He had been squatted behind the wagon wheel; the ball hit one of the spokes, shivering it, and the border ruffian, in trying the juggler's feat of catching it in his mouth, got it lodged somewhere away about the root of the tongueir guns. Finding that they could not be brought up again to a charge, he led them rather nearer the enemy, and induced them to shoot at their horses, which were over the ravine, at long shot. This he did to get up their spirits — as most of them were mere boys — and to intimidate the enemy. He returned to the ravine; the firing was still kept up. It is proper to state that Brown and Shore's men had but four guns of long range; there were only three or four Sharpe's rifles in both compan
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 9: battle of Ossawatomie. (search)
rested in their march of desolation by a little band of sixteen heroes, imperfectly equipped; for the company of Captain Cline, after firing a few shots, retired from the conflict, in consequence of being out of ammunition; and there was only one Sharpe's rifle in Captain Brown's command. The old man stood near a sapling, which is still pointed out, during the whole of this memorable engagement, quietly giving directions to his men, and annoying the enemy with his own steady rifle, indifferent rk from the trees on every side. When the writer visited the site, many months after this event, the wood still bore the marks of that glorious conflict. The General of the invading army afterwards admitted that if Brown had been provided with Sharpe's rifles, nothing could have prevented his men from making an ignominious retreat. The fearful slaughter was occasioned by the lawless character of the invading force. Alarmed at being fired at, they refused to obey orders, and foolishly hudd
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, X. John Brown's defence of Lawrence. (search)
fortified in them, the besieged considered themselves safe even from the destructive effects of Sharpe's rifles; and knowing that the besiegers were destitute of cannon, they ran up from the top of t was an independent company-so independent, indeed, that they trusted alone for victory to their Sharpe's rifles and to the God of battles. With these brave and resolute men, six of whom were Brown's halted, and arrayed themselves for battle, fearing, perhaps, to come within too close range of Sharpe's rifle balls. Brown's movement now was a little on the offensive order; for he ordered out allon, immediately wheeled about, and putting spurs to his horse, was soon out of the reach of even Sharpe's rifle balls. Brown now changed the position of his men to a rising piece of ground, about aiers, as well as elder. The distance now between the contending armies was such as to give to Sharpe's rifle balls, that were fired with precision, a deadly effect; as was evinced by the fact that
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 1: Whetting the sword. (search)
sacrifice of personal feeling I appear in this manner before the public. John Brown. In February, when in Collinsville, Connecticut, he ordered the manufacture of his pikes. I remember that, when in Boston, he spoke with great contempt of Sharpe's rifles as a weapon for inexperienced men, and said that with a pike, or bow and arrows, he could arm recruits more formidably than with patent guns. How he ordered the pikes is thus stated by the maker of them: In the latter part of Februainion with me. After a good deal of wrangling we consented to go on, as we had not the means to return, and the rest of the party were so anxious that we should go with them. At Tabor we procured teams for the transportation of about two hundred Sharpe's rifles, which had been taken on as far as Tabor, one year before, at which place they had been left, awaiting the order of Captain Brown. There were, also, other stores, consisting of blankets, clothing, boots, ammunition, and about two hundre
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 2: some shadows before. (search)
er, with fifty men, held Virginia five weeks. The same number, well organized and armed, can shake the system out of the State. I remember also these sentences: Give a slave a pike, and you make him a man. Deprive him of the means of resistance, and you keep him down. The land belongs to the bondman. He has enriched it, and been robbed of its fruits. Any resistance, however bloody, is better than the system which makes every seventh woman a concubine. I would not give Sharpe's rifles to more than ten men in a hundred, and then only when they have learned to use them. It is not every man who knows how to use a rifle. I had one man in my company who was the bravest man and worst marksman I ever knew. A ravine is better than a plain. Woods and mountain sides can be held by resolute men against ten times their force. A few men in the right, and knowing they are, can overturn a king. Twenty men in the Alleghanies could break Slavery to pieces in two year
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: Fleshing the sword. (search)
not discovered for many months. It was at this time that Captain James Montgomery, called on by the people, took the field. Little, one of the chief ruffians, acting as a deputy United States Marshal, attempted, with a posse of eighty well-armed men, to arrest this Court. Major Abbott, The Major was a spiritualist and peace man when he came to Kansas, but soon took up carnal weapons, and did heroic service in the cause. He deserves honorable mention in every history of Kansas. with ten Sharpe's riflemen, drove them back in disgrace to Fort Scott. The United States forces marched to their rescue; Jim Lane went down to call out the Free State militia; and between these hostile fires the cause of the ruffians fell temporarily to the ground. Neither force fought, but Lane's men frightened; and the Missourians staid at home. General Lane returned; but the United States troops remained, and then joined the ruffians. Many of the soldiers, dressed in civilians' clothes, participated i
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 8: sword in hand. (search)
was by a person named Turner, who fired at the guards as they were ordering two citizens to halt. Mr. Boerley, a grocer, fired the second shot. A bullet from a Sharpe's rifle instantly killed him. A number of Virginians then obtained possession of a room overlooking the Armory gates, and fired at a party of the sentinels. One them under the command of Captain Lawson Botts and Captain John Avis. Their forces were variously estimated from three hundred to five hundred strong, armed with Sharpe's rifles and revolvers. I detached the Jefferson Guards, under the command of Captain Rowan, and ordered them to cross the Potomac River in boats, about two mipiation and avengement of the foul deed he had committed. Leeman lay upon a rock in the river, and was made a target for the practice of those who had captured Sharpe's rifles in the fray. Shot after shot was fired at him, and when tired of this sport, a man waded out to where he lay, and set him up, in grotesque attitudes, an
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 10: spoils of war. (search)
ng and heavy boxes, one of which, upon being burst open, was found to contain ten newly-finished Sharpe's breech-loading rifles, evidently fresh front the hands of their maker. There was also discoveard's large-sized patent revolvers, with powder flasks accompanying. The room was littered with Sharpe's rifles, revolvers, and pikes, evidently distributed with a view to their immediate use, either lawful prize of the captors. The stores found in this cabin, are thus classified: 102 Sharpe's Rifles. 12 Mass. Arms Company's Pistols. 56 Mass. Arms Company's Powder 4 Large Powde 10 Kegs Gunpowder. 23,000 Percussion Rifle Caps. 109,000 Percussion Pistol Caps 13,000 Sharpe's Rifle Cartridges, slightly damaged by water. 160 Sharpe's Primiers. 14 lbs. Lead Balls. Sharpe's Primiers. 14 lbs. Lead Balls. 1 Old Percussion Pistol. 1 Major General's Sword. 55 Old Bayonets. 12 Old Artillery Swords. 483 Pikes. 150 Broken Handles for Pikes. 16 Picks. 40 Shovels. [The railroad way
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