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William Henry Leeman

John Brown's Soldiers Section 14 of 21

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Leeman, age 20, was the youngest of Brown's soldiers. He'd already spent three years with Brown fighting in Kansas. During the Harpers Ferry raid, he was shot dead while trying to escape across the Potomac River on October 17.