December 2 and 16, 1859, and March 16, 1860 - Hanging John Brown and six others
December 2 and 16, 1859, and March 16, 1860 Hanging John Brown and his men Charleston, WV * The Col. who oversaw this execution then built himself a mansion in the shadow of the gallows . Weird. Are you, are you, going to the tree... A private home today: "Kids, clean your toys - you're going to ruin the site of the gallows' scaffold!" https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=41650 John Brown Hanging Site Creation of a Martyr — Prelude to War — This is where seven men were hanged in December 1859 and March 1860 for their part in John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry. The scaffold stood here in a large field. A month after the trial, on December 2, 1859, John Brown was the first to die. He rode here in a wagon, sitting on his casket, with his arms tied. His last message, which he gave to a jail guard, read: “I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land: will never be purged away; but with Blood. I had as I now think: vainly flattered myself that without...