John Brown’s knapsack is strapped upon his back,
He’s gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,
His pet lambs will meet him on the way,
And they’ll go marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah …
John Henry Kagi, 24, killed
Aaron Dwight Stevens, 28, hanged
Owen Brown, 34, escaped
Watson Brown, 24, killed
Oliver Brown, 20, killed
Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson, 26, killed
John Cook, 29, hanged
Albert Hazlett, 22, hanged
Charles Plummer Tidd, 25, escaped
William Thompson, 26, killed
Dauphin Osgood Thompson, 21, killed
Edwin Coppoc, 24, hanged
Barclay Coppoc, 20, escaped
John Anthony Copeland, 25, hanged
William Leeman, 20, killed
Stewart Taylor, 22, killed
Osborn Perry Anderson, 29, escaped
Dangerfield Newby, 44, killed
Lewis Sheridan Leary, 24, killed
Shields Green, 23, hanged
Francis Jackson Meriam, 21, escaped
John Brown, 59, hanged
To which may now be added the names of
Beauchamp Millward Comber, 37, escaped
Joseph Simmons, 23, killed.
Fourteen persons were killed or wounded by the raiders at Harper’s Ferry. No slaves were liberated.