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Just two weeks after his raid, John Brown was tried and executed by the state of Virginia. On the day of his execution, the governor ordered militia and the Corps of Cadets from the Virginia Military Institute to guard the execution site against a possible abolitionist rescue attempt. The units formed a hollow square around the scaffold. Brown was hanged without incident. He faced death impassively, without any sign of fear. Another impassive and fearless man, the commander of the VMI detachment, watched Brown’s death. His name was Major Thomas J. Jackson, a Mexican-American War veteran and a quirky instructor at the school. Jackson, who appeared to be a very unlikely hero, would be heard of again very soon.