SEATED LIBERTY 1859

John Brown backed by money received by abolitionists in Canada & New England lead a raiding party of 16 white men & 5 Blacks in an attack on the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry,Va. His motive was to set up a republic of fugitive & freed slaves in the Appalachians, & then declare war on the slave States of the South. Brown held out for several days until the U.S. Marines, commanded by Col. Robert E. Lee came & cornered Brown & his men, after a shoot-out, by nightfall, Brown, wounded & 10 of his men dead, he was taken prisoner. Brown refusing to plead insanity as a defense for his actions went to trial & was found guilty of treason, criminal conspiracy, murder, & was sentenced to hang. He was hung on Dec. 2. AN EXACT REPLICA

SEATED LIBERTY 1861

The election of Abraham Lincoln in Nov.1860 provoked the secession of the So. States from the Union. South Carolina was the first to leave, by March of 1861, six other states had joined her including Miss., Fla, Alabama, La, Ga, & Tx., soon after that Va, Ark. & Tenn. followed. In April, the "First Shot of the Civil War" was fired on Ft. Sumter, after a day of bombing, Ft. Sumter surrendered to the Confederates where Jefferson Davis was their President. During the Civil War from 1861-1865, precious metals like Silver & Gold were scarce so very little coins were produced during those years. The soldiers pay was $11-13.00 a month to be paid every two months, they were lucky if they got it in four months!
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