. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. re upon some one whomight be seen passing, Brown would stop them, say-ing, Dont shoot; that man isunarmed. The firing was keptup by our men all day and untillate at night, and during this timeseveral of his men were killed;but, as I said before, none of theprisoners was hurt, though ingreat danger. Mr. Daingerfields descriptionof the entrance of the marines isvery vivid and worth reproduc-ing here: I had assisted in the barricad-ing, fixing the fastenings so that Icould remove them upon the firsteff
. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. re upon some one whomight be seen passing, Brown would stop them, say-ing, Dont shoot; that man isunarmed. The firing was keptup by our men all day and untillate at night, and during this timeseveral of his men were killed;but, as I said before, none of theprisoners was hurt, though ingreat danger. Mr. Daingerfields descriptionof the entrance of the marines isvery vivid and worth reproduc-ing here: I had assisted in the barricad-ing, fixing the fastenings so that Icould remove them upon the firsteffort to get in. But I was notat the door when the batter-ing began, and could not get to the fastenings untilthe ladder was used I then quickly removed thefastenings, and after two or three strokes of theladder the engine rolled partially back, making asmall aperture, through which Lieutenant Green ofthe marines forced himself, jumped on top of theengine, and stood a second in the midst of a showerof balls, looking for John Brown. When he sawBrown he sprang about twelve feet at him, and gave. WATSON BROWN. John brOwn. an undefthfust of his sword, striking hifri about mid-way the body and, raising him completely from theground. Brown fell forward with his head betweenhis knees, and Green struck him several times overthe head, and, as I then supposed, split his skull atevery stroke. I was not two feet from Brown at that time. Ofcourse I got out of the building as soon as possible,and did not know till some time later that Brown wasnot killed. It seems that in making the thrust Greenssword struck Browns belt and did not penetrate thebody. The sword was bent double. Two years after this was prepared and published,Mr. Hunter in a paper printed in a New Orleansjournal, declared that Captain Brown was sham-ming sickness and feebleness from his wounds. Heis the only Virginian of repute who saw CaptainBrown at that time, that has, since his death, goneaside to defame him, supplying mater
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