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Newspaper Sketches


The Raid



John Brown,
Leslie's, November 19, 1859

The Kennedy Farm,
Leslie's, November 26, 1859

Harpers Ferry,
Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859

Harpers Ferry,
Leslie's, November 19, 1859

Lewis Washington,
Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1859

Schoolhouse,
Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1859

Schoolhouse,
Leslie's, November 26, 1859

House,
Leslie's, November 26, 1859

Swivel Gun and Pike,
Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1859

Pike,
Leslie's, November 5, 1859

Citizens en route for Harpers Ferry,
Harper's Weekly, November 26, 1859

Volunteers shooting insurgents,
Leslie's, October 29, 1859

Attack on insurgents at bridge,
Leslie's, October 29, 1859

The Battleground,
Leslie's, November 5,1859

Storming of the engine house,
Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859

Marines storming the engine house,
Leslie's, October 29, 1859

Interior of the engine house,
Leslie's, November 5,1859

Bringing prisoners out,
Leslie's, November 5,1859

Brown and son awaiting examination, Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859

Gov. Wise and others examining the prisoners, Leslie's, October 29, 1859

Guard room with wounded prisoners,
Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859

Burying dead insurgents,
Leslie's, November 5, 1859

John Brown,
Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859

Aaron Stevens,
Leslie's, October 29, 1859

John Brown,
Leslie's, October 29, 185

Green and Copeland in engine house, Leslie's, November 5, 1859

Carrying prisoners to railroad station,
Leslie's, November 12, 1859
 


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