W.H. TIPTON BUST STEREOVIEW OF “GETTYSBURG HERO” CIVILIAN JOHN BURNS

W.H. TIPTON BUST STEREOVIEW OF “GETTYSBURG HERO” CIVILIAN JOHN BURNS

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Bust image of John Burns (September 5, 1793 – February 4, 1872) wearing a dark jacket over a vest with a white shirt.

Photographer’s imprint on front reads “PHOTOGRAPHED BY W.H. Tipton GETTYS, PA.” on the right border. “STEREO GEMS OF GETTYSBURG SCENERY” on the left border. “Copyrighted 1880/ No. 734-John L. Burns.” across the bottom. Reverse has Tipton’s No. 734 card description of Burns pasted on.

Image is clear and clean with only a few scattered age spots. The edges are well used with portions of all four corners chipped and missing. Contrast is good.

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 met a wounded Union soldier, borrowed his rifle and ammunition, with which he 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 such a skillful sharpshooter that the colonel commanding the regiment sent him a favorite long-range rifle, which he used all day with deadly effect in the advanced line. Burns was however badly wounded in the afternoon, when the Union troops were forced back. He told a plausible story to his Confederate captors and got himself carried to his own house. 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”, and after the war, as his home was on the battlefield, became an object of curiosity of visitors.

A great addition to any Civil War Gettysburg Battle collection. [stp] [ph:L]

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