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Ossawatomie Brown (search for this): chapter 2.41
ing them from the captive citizens and slaves. Here is only one account of the conversation of John Brown, as he lay wounded and bloody on the lawn. It is thus narrated: A short time after Captain Brown was brought out, he revived, and talked earnestly to those about him, defending his course, and avowing that he had done only what was right. He replied to questions substantially as follows: Are you Captain Brown, of Kansas? I am sometimes called so. Are you Ossawatomie Brown? I tried to do my duty there. These two replies are eminently characteristic — so manly and so modest. He never himself assumed the title of Captain, even in Kansas, where titles were as common as proper names. I tried to do my duty there, --the sentence was a key to his whole life. Neither honor nor glory moved him; the voice of duty was the only one he heard. What was your present object? To free the slaves from bondage. Were any other persons but those with
Thomas Watson (search for this): chapter 2.41
ies of men killed on the previous day, and found inside the house; three wounded men, one of them just at the last gasp of life, [Anderson;] and two others groaning in pain. One of the dead was Brown's son Oliver. The wounded father and his son Watson were lying on the grass, the old man presenting a gory spectacle. He had a severe bayonet wound in his side, and his face and hair were clotted with blood. Porte-Crayon, a Virginia artist and author, and a fiendish historian of the holy Invaer, the death of John Brown's sons, and the accommodations provided .for them by the Virginians: I was with your sons when they fell. Oliver lived but a very few moments after he was shot. He spoke no word, but yield'd calmly to his fate. Watson was shot at ten o'clock on Monday morning, and died about three o'clock on Wednesday morning. He suffered much. Though mortally wounded at ten o'clock, yet at three o'clock Monday afternoon he fought bravely against the men who charged on us. Wh
George Washington (search for this): chapter 2.41
f humanity, supposed that they were killing them in cold blood. How did the descendant of George Washington reciprocate this consideration? Let his friend and eulogist reply: Colonel WashingtColonel Washington, who, through all these trying scenes, had borne himself with an intrepid coolness that excited the admiration of the brigand chief himself, now did important service. The moment the marines enter rapidly pointed out the outlaws to the vengeance of the soldiers. . . . A soldier, seeing Colonel Washington in an active and prominent position, mistook him for one of the outlaws, levelled his piecd among the slave prisoners, hoping thus to escape notice and detection; but, perceived by Colonel Washington, he was hauled forth to meet his doom. Lieutenant Green, as soon as he saw John Brown, general south-west course through Virginia, varying as circumstances dictated or required. Mr. Washington reports that Brown was remarkably cool during the assault. He fell under two bayonet wounds
Jerry Anderson (search for this): chapter 2.41
t fell. The firing from the interior was rapid and sharp. They fired with deliberate aim, and for a moment the resistance was serious, and desperate enough to excite the spectators to something like a pitch of frenzy. The next moment the marines poured in, the firing ceased, and the work was done. In the assault a private of the marines received a ball in the stomach, and was believed to be fatally wounded. Another received a slight flesh wound. One of the Liberators fell dead-- Jerry Anderson — and only three shots were fired; Brown, Coppoc, and Green each discharging their rifles at the marines on their first assault. Before the entrance of the troops, the Liberators ceased firing; and, therefore, by all the rules of honorable warfare, should now have been sacredly protected from violence. Offering no resistance, every civilized people would have taken them prisoners of war. But not so the assailants in Virginia. Before the fight began, John Brown, according to the te
John Copeland (search for this): chapter 2.41
g thus to escape notice and detection; but, perceived by Colonel Washington, he was hauled forth to meet his doom. Lieutenant Green, as soon as he saw John Brown, although he was unarmed, (according to the testimony of a Virginian,) struck him in the face with his sabre, which instantly knocked him down. Not content with this brutality, the Lieutenant repeated the blow several times, and then another soldier ran a bayonet twice into the prostrate body of the old man. In the trial of Copeland, the following dialogue occurred: Mr. Sennott. You say that when Brown was down you struck him in the face with your sabre? Lieut. Green. Yes, sir. Mr. Sennott. This was after he was down? Lieut. Green. Yes, sir, he was down. Mr. Sennott. How many times, Lieut. Green, did you strike Brown in the face after he was down? Lieut. Green. Why, sir, he was defending himself with his gun. Mr Hunter. I hope the counsel for the defence will not press such questions as these.
Samuel Strider (search for this): chapter 2.41
ven o'clock the preparations for an assault began. Watson Brown lay writhing in agony on the ground, unable to assist in the defence; but his undaunted comrades stood fearless and ready to defend their lives, and resist the hireling bands of the oppressor. The correspondent of a Baltimore paper thus describes the closing scenes: Shortly after seven o'clock, Lieutenant E. B. Stuart, of the 1st Cavalry, who was acting as aid for Colonel Lee, advanced to parley with the besieged, Samuel Strider, Esq., an old and respectable citizen, bearing a flag of truce. They were received at the door by Captain Brown. Lieutenant Stuart demanded an unconditional surrender, only promising them protection from immediate violence, and a trial by law. Captain Brown refused all terms but those previously demanded, which were substantially, That they should be permitted to march out with their men and arms, taking their prisoners with them; that they should proceed unpursued to the second toll-ga
Oliver (search for this): chapter 2.41
readful sight. Lying on it were two bodies of men killed on the previous day, and found inside the house; three wounded men, one of them just at the last gasp of life, [Anderson;] and two others groaning in pain. One of the dead was Brown's son Oliver. The wounded father and his son Watson were lying on the grass, the old man presenting a gory spectacle. He had a severe bayonet wound in his side, and his face and hair were clotted with blood. Porte-Crayon, a Virginia artist and author, aeds were provided for the prisoners. Coppoc, the brave Iowa boy, thus described, in a letter to their mother, the death of John Brown's sons, and the accommodations provided .for them by the Virginians: I was with your sons when they fell. Oliver lived but a very few moments after he was shot. He spoke no word, but yield'd calmly to his fate. Watson was shot at ten o'clock on Monday morning, and died about three o'clock on Wednesday morning. He suffered much. Though mortally wounded at
Sennott (search for this): chapter 2.41
onet twice into the prostrate body of the old man. In the trial of Copeland, the following dialogue occurred: Mr. Sennott. You say that when Brown was down you struck him in the face with your sabre? Lieut. Green. Yes, sir. Mr. SennotMr. Sennott. This was after he was down? Lieut. Green. Yes, sir, he was down. Mr. Sennott. How many times, Lieut. Green, did you strike Brown in the face after he was down? Lieut. Green. Why, sir, he was defending himself with his gun. Mr Hunter. I Mr. Sennott. How many times, Lieut. Green, did you strike Brown in the face after he was down? Lieut. Green. Why, sir, he was defending himself with his gun. Mr Hunter. I hope the counsel for the defence will not press such questions as these. Mr. Sennott. Very well, sir. The scenes that followed this assault are so discreditable to Virginia-nay, to human nature — that I dare not trust myself to describe them;Mr. Sennott. Very well, sir. The scenes that followed this assault are so discreditable to Virginia-nay, to human nature — that I dare not trust myself to describe them; but will content myself with quoting the accounts of two ultra pro-slavery journalists. This is the report of the Baltimore American: When the insurgents were brought out, some dead and others wounded, they were greeted with execrations, and
Lee (search for this): chapter 2.41
heir lives, and resist the hireling bands of the oppressor. The correspondent of a Baltimore paper thus describes the closing scenes: Shortly after seven o'clock, Lieutenant E. B. Stuart, of the 1st Cavalry, who was acting as aid for Colonel Lee, advanced to parley with the besieged, Samuel Strider, Esq., an old and respectable citizen, bearing a flag of truce. They were received at the door by Captain Brown. Lieutenant Stuart demanded an unconditional surrender, only promising them that they were not necessarily fatal. He expressed a desire to live, and to be tried by his country. In his pockets nearly three hundred dollars were found in gold. Several important papers, found in his possession, were taken charge of by Colonel Lee, on behalf of the government. To another, Brown said it was no part of his purpose to seize the public arms. He had army and ammunition enough reshipped from Kansas. He only intended to make the first demonstration at this point, when he ex
John Brown (search for this): chapter 2.41
ieves. Up to the close of Monday evening, John Brown had successfully maintained his position agaoccurred: Mr. Sennott. You say that when Brown was down you struck him in the face with your . How many times, Lieut. Green, did you strike Brown in the face after he was down? Lieut. Green others groaning in pain. One of the dead was Brown's son Oliver. The wounded father and his son is thus narrated: A short time after Captain Brown was brought out, he revived, and talked eaVarious questions of this kind were put to Captain Brown, which he answered clearly and freely, witated or required. Mr. Washington reports that Brown was remarkably cool during the assault. He fen, but added, Ah, you gentlemen don't know Captain Brown ; when he calls for us we never think of rese statements are unworthy of belief. Captain Brown, after his pockets were rifled, was carried, in a letter to their mother, the death of John Brown's sons, and the accommodations provided .for[8 more...]
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