Answer:On the morning of October 19, the soldiers overran Brown and his followers. Ten of his men were killed, including two of his sons. ... Brown's raid helped make any further accommodation between North and South nearly impossible and thus became an important impetus of the Civil War.
Explanation: It was the first such national crisis to be publicized using the new electrical telegraph. Reporters were on the first train leaving for Harpers Ferry after news of the raid was received, at 4 p.m. on Monday October 17.