Saturday, March 3, 2018

List of John Brown’s Men Who Participated in the Raid on Harper’s Ferry, October 16–18, 1859

John Brown, commander-in-chief.
John Henry Kagi, adjutant.
Aaron C. Stephens, captain.
Watson Brown, captain.
Oliver Brown, captain.
John E. Cook, captain.
Charles Plummer Tidd,* captain.
William H. Leeman, lieutenant.
Albert Hazlett, lieutenant.
Owen Brown,* captain, treasurer.
Jeremiah G. Anderson, lieutenant.
Edwin Coppoc, lieutenant.
William Thompson, lieutenant.
Dauphin Thompson, lieutenant.
Shields Green.
Dangerfield Newby.
John A. Copeland.
Osborn P. Anderson.*
Lewis Leary.
Stewart Taylor.
Barclay Coppoc.*
Francis Jackson Merriam.*
John Anderson.*

There is some doubt whether John Anderson took part in the raid.
Those in italics were colored men.
* Escaped.

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 546

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