On Oct. 18, 1859 he was found wounded & his 2 sons dead at a federal armory
[DOC] [TLE] John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid - Civil War Trust [PAR] On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a ... 
and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and ... 
Brown was sentenced to death for his crimes and hanged on December 2, 1859.