(CIVIL WAR 1863) John Burns the Old Hero of Gettysburg

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(CIVIL WAR--1863.) John Burns, the Old Hero of Gettysburg. Carte-de-visite photograph on original mount with publisher's backstamp; pencil caption on verso apparently supplied later. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony from a Brady negative, nd

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John Lawrence Burns was a Gettysburg resident and veteran of the War of 1812. On the first day of battle, though nearly seventy years old, he volunteered for service. He was wounded in the fighting and nearly captured, but survived to become a national celebrity.