. Popular history of the civil war . eededin Kansas, he went to Harpers Ferry in Virginia, where hewas joined by his sons and a iQ\N other madmen, as peo-ple said; for everybody thought him crazy. This was inthe autumn of 1859. For several months they lived quietly on a farm whichthey had rented. It is said that no meal was eaten on thefarm, while Old Brown was there, until a blessing had beenasked upon it. There is little doubt that he was conscien-tious, for he had an inborn hatred of slavery. He believedhimself doing Gods work. Harpers Ferry is a small village in a deep gorge of theBlue Rid
. Popular history of the civil war . eededin Kansas, he went to Harpers Ferry in Virginia, where hewas joined by his sons and a iQ\N other madmen, as peo-ple said; for everybody thought him crazy. This was inthe autumn of 1859. For several months they lived quietly on a farm whichthey had rented. It is said that no meal was eaten on thefarm, while Old Brown was there, until a blessing had beenasked upon it. There is little doubt that he was conscien-tious, for he had an inborn hatred of slavery. He believedhimself doing Gods work. Harpers Ferry is a small village in a deep gorge of theBlue Ridge Mountains. It lies where the Potomac and theShenandoah Rivers meet. Here was an arsenal belongingto the government, and a national armory, where stores ofcannon and muskets were kept, as well as powder and shot,which we call ammunition. Many of the villagers wereemployed at the armory, or in the shops belonging to chose this for his point of attack, no doubt on accountof the vast quantity of arms stored at Harpers 1859. J The Reason Why. 13 But only think ! John Browns whole army was made upof seventeen white men and five or six negroes. With thesehe opened the war in the hope that he would soon be joinedby others. Like a gallant knight, with a brave heart and ahandful of followers, John Brown set out to right a greatwrong. The Baltimore and Ohio Railway crosses the Potomacat Harpers Ferry. The raiders began by tearing up therailroad track, and afterwards cutting the telegraph could be gained in this way, for you know howfast news flies nowadays. Quietly the street-lamps wereput out. At ten oclock most of the inhabitants wereasleep. It was easy enough to seize the three men who guardedthe armory, and lock them up in the guard-room. All thiswas done before midnight. Twas the sixteenth of Octolier, on the evening of a Sunday; This good work, declared the captain shall be on a holy was on a Sunday evening, and before the noon of Monday, With
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