Charlestown, VA

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CHARLESTOWN, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Jefferson co., Va., 168 ms. N. of Richmond ; from W. 65 ms. Pop. 1,507. (Fanning's, 1853)

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    The Commonwealth of Virginia sentences John Brown to death Legal/Political
    Albert Hazlett convicted of murder in Charlestown, Virginia Legal/Political
    Burning haystack panics Virginians anticipating an attempt to rescue John Brown Legal/Political
    Colonel Robert E. Lee leads federal troops back to Harpers Ferry to support Virginia's execution of John Brown Legal/Political
    Four Harpers Ferry raiders hanged in Charlestown, Virginia Legal/Political
    Four of John Brown's raiders sentenced to death in Charlestown, Virginia Legal/Political
    Hazlett and Stevens, the last of John Brown's captured co-conspirators, go on trial in Virginia Legal/Political
    John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown pending trial before a Virginia court Lawmaking/Litigating
    - John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown, Virginia pending trial Lawmaking/Litigating
    John Brown and his surviving raiders are taken to Charlestown, Virginia under heavy guard Battles/Soldiers
    John Brown appears before a Virginia court for the first time Lawmaking/Litigating
    - John Brown stands trial in Charlestown, Virginia Lawmaking/Litigating
    John Brown writes a letter of farewell to his sisters from his cell in Charlestown, Virginia Legal/Political
    John Brown writes his last letter to his family Legal/Political
    John Copeland, African-American Harpers Ferry raider, convicted in Charlestown, Virginia Legal/Political
    Virginia executes John Brown Personal
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    Carlisle (PA) American, “Arrest of a Supposed ‘Harper’s Ferry Insurrectionist,’” October 26, 1859
    Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Additional Particulars of the Insurrection," October 27, 1859
    Entry by Susan Bradford Eppes, October 28, 1859
    Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Trial of Brown, the Insurgent," November 3, 1859
    Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Conviction of Brown!," November 3, 1859
    Raleigh (NC) Register, “Brown’s Virginia Counsel,” November 9, 1859
    Eliza Margaretta Chew Mason to Lydia Maria Child, November 11, 1859
    Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Trial of the Harper's Ferry Insurgents," November 17, 1859
    Savannah (GA) News, “Incendiarism in the South,” November 17, 1859
    Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Gov. Wise to Mrs. Child," November 17, 1859
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "A Recoil of the Gun," November 18, 1859
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Virginia Panic," November 19, 1859
    New York Herald, “Intense Alarm and Excitement in Virginia,” November 20, 1859
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Straw Stack War,” November 22, 1859
    Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "The Devil Not As Black As He Is Painted," November 24, 1859
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Well Done, Old Brown," November 26, 1859
    Entry by Edmund Ruffin, November 30, 1859
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Old Brown to be Gagged," November 30, 1859
    John Thomas Lewis Preston to Margaret Junkin Preston, December 2, 1859
    Entry by Thomas Jonathan Jackson, December 2, 1859
    Entry by Susan Bradford Eppes, December 2, 1859
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "How a Brave Man Dies," December 6, 1859
    Hartford (CT) Courant, "Arrest of a Militia Officer," December 8, 1859
    San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “The New Crusade against the Union,” December 29, 1859
    New York Times, “The Trial of Stevens,” January 4, 1860
    Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “The Re-Interment of Coppic [Coppoc],” January 12, 1860
    Boston (MA) Liberator, “Trial of Stevens at Charlestown,” February 10, 1860
    New York Times, “The Last of the Harper’s Ferry Slaughter,” March 17, 1860
    Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Execution of Hazlett and Stephens,” March 22, 1860
    Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Fugitive Slave,” April 5, 1860
    Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “In A Quandary,” July 12, 1860
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