TWICE SIGNED CDV OF GETTYSBURG’S JOHN BURNS

TWICE SIGNED CDV OF GETTYSBURG’S JOHN BURNS

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Seated view of Gettysburg civilian soldier John Burns, seated with one elbow resting on photographer’s table.  Wears a long coat with his hat on the table.  Signed on the front, below the image in period ink. And again, on the back is Burns’ signature, “John L. Burns / Gettysburg / Age 72”.  O.H. Willard’s Galleries, Philadelphia back mark with revenue stamp.

This photograph is in very good condition, with no staining, and bold signatures.

Burns was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a civilian citizen of Gettysburg when the battle erupted on July 1, 1863.  After the preliminary skirmishing of the battle of Gettysburg began, Burns went to the front and offered his services as a volunteer to Maj. Chamberlain of the 155th Pennsylvania regiment.  He was referred to the 7th Wisconsin volunteers nearby, they being sharply engaged with the enemy. The old man proved himself a skillful shooter. He was wounded several times, and left on the field when the Union troops were forced back. He told a plausible story to his Confederate captors, and got himself carried to his own house, where his wounds were dressed by the surgeons; and after a narrow escape from execution as an un-uniformed combatant, he was left when the Confederates were in turn driven back. The story of his patriotic zeal aroused the greatest interest in the northern states; he was lauded as the “Hero of Gettysburg”.  [jet][ph:L]

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