. Book of the Royal blue . bbers until arriving at the armory. Brown came out and escorted me tothe fire, where my neighbor Mr. Allstadtand his son, who had met with a similarexperience, were seated. Brown told us tomake ourselves comfortable, adding, Byand by I shall require each of you gentle-men to write to some friend to send us astout negro in your place. After thatarrangement is made, you can return toyour homes. The prisoners were at first confined inthe arsenal, but later in the night ten ofthe principal men were taken to the enginehouse of the town. Brown had captured the arsenal only
. Book of the Royal blue . bbers until arriving at the armory. Brown came out and escorted me tothe fire, where my neighbor Mr. Allstadtand his son, who had met with a similarexperience, were seated. Brown told us tomake ourselves comfortable, adding, Byand by I shall require each of you gentle-men to write to some friend to send us astout negro in your place. After thatarrangement is made, you can return toyour homes. The prisoners were at first confined inthe arsenal, but later in the night ten ofthe principal men were taken to the enginehouse of the town. Brown had captured the arsenal onlyfor the purpose of preventing the UnitedStates employees there from using thecontents of the building against him. Hisown men were scattered all over the town,some being at the railroad bridge, someguarding prisoners at the arsenal, somebeing in a house commanding a road whichled into town, and only a few remainingwith Brown in the engine house. Indeedthere were only twenty-two men in hiswhole force, but Brown counted on a. Bridge Across the Potomac. THE HERO OF HARPERS FERRY. 11 general uprising of abolitionists to joinhim, so soon as he should make his demon-stration. The inhabitants of Harpers Ferry wereconfined by fear to their houses. Twenty-five miles away, at Charlestown, Va., wereseveral companies of military, called TheCharlestown Guards, and Colonel Lee incommand of the United States troops, wasin Washington. That these latter—theywere marines—should have captured JohnBrown, was afterward a matter of greatchagrin to Governor Wise of Virginia. The regulars came down on the wrongside of the river and crossed over at thebridge, driving back Browns men and kil-ling them all, with two exceptions. Oneof these was shot later in the day and onedied of his wounds. It was about noon when the soldierscame. Their next attack was at thearsenal, where they were successful andreleased Browns prisoners. Colonel Lee sent Lieutenant Stuart tothe door of the engine house to demandBr
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