July 1906 Issue [Article] Decisive battles of the law Download PDF Adjust Share The Commonwealth vs. Brown--the prelude to the Civil War by Frederick Trevor Hill, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Andrew Hunter Charleston Commonwealth of Virginia vsJohn Brown (Trial) George H. Hoyt Harpers Ferry (WVa.) History John Avis John Brown John Brown's Raid, 1859 Lawson Botts Richard Parker Thomas Green Trials (Treason) Virginia Adjust Share