Existing comment:
John Kagi
Lewis Leary
John Copeland
Three of Brown's men, John Kagi, Lewis Leary and John Copeland, seized the U.S. Rifle Works on Virginius Island for 16 hours. During their attempted escape across the Shenandoah River, Kagi and Leary were shot and killed. Copeland was captured and spared a lynching, only to be tried and hanged two months later. |