At 8:00 pm on October 16, 1859, a rag tag group of 22 men ...

After securing the armory, two detachments of the raiders left the armory yard. The first detachment under the direction of John Brown went to capture the armory’s rifle works less than a mile away. The second group set forth to capture prominent men in the area including Colonel Lewis W. Washington, the great-grand nephew of George Washington. ................
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