Gettysburg Pa. John L. Burns the old hero of Gettysburg with gun and crutches – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Gettysburg Pa. John L. Burns the old hero of Gettysburg with gun and crutches
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Few figures from the Battle of Gettysburg are as easy to pick out as John L. Burns, the elderly civilian who joined the Union line on the first day of fighting, armed with a musket and leaning on crutches. This stereograph shows him in that worn, makeshift state, and it is one of the few images that ties a named local man to the battle itself. Burns, a Gettysburg resident and veteran of the War of 1812, was wounded during the fighting, and his courage made him something of a local legend in the years after the war. The image was made in 1863, when the battlefield and town were still raw, and it was produced as a stereo pair meant to be viewed through a stereoscope.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0208 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg Pa. 1863. Burns John L.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,352 × 1,358 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46780 |
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