. Book of the Royal blue . ection with the battle. The monument to the memory of JennieWade was erected by the Womans ReliefCorps of Iowa. Jennie Wade has the dis-tinction of being the only woman killedduring the great engagement. She lefther home to go to the house of her sicksister on Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, inorder to nurse her and attend to her home was in the thick of the battleand directly between the fire of the sharp-shooters, so that her life was in jeopardyevery moment. On the morning of July 3,while engaged in preparing the familymeal, a bullet cut through the door
. Book of the Royal blue . ection with the battle. The monument to the memory of JennieWade was erected by the Womans ReliefCorps of Iowa. Jennie Wade has the dis-tinction of being the only woman killedduring the great engagement. She lefther home to go to the house of her sicksister on Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, inorder to nurse her and attend to her home was in the thick of the battleand directly between the fire of the sharp-shooters, so that her life was in jeopardyevery moment. On the morning of July 3,while engaged in preparing the familymeal, a bullet cut through the door of thekitchen, plowed its way through an angle ofthe wall and killed her instantly. The firingwas so active that it was impossible toremove her body until nightfall, when itwas buried in the corner of the garden bysome women. The body was afterwardsremoved to the Reformed Church graveyardand finally buried in Evergreen Cemetery,where the handsome monument stands toher memory. 10 ODD MONUMENTS ON THE GETTYSBURG *^iiiMitr*~ai^f~>iiiiiii JOHN BVRXS MOXlMENT. Another curious monument is thaterected in memory of John L. Burns,known as the Hero of Gettysburg. OnJuly 1, 1863, at the commencement of thebattle, John L. Burns, then over seventyyears of age and a citizen of Gettysburg,shouldered his old flint-lock musket andslipping away from home, joined the ranksof the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers, underColonel Wister. On account of his ageand the dangerous position occupied by the150th, Colonel Wister transferred him tothe ranks of a Wisconsin regiment regiment, however, took an activepart in the conflict and the veteran wastwice wounded, hut though old and feeblehe pressed on until after four oclock inthe afternoon, when he fell badly after his fall the Federal armyretreated, leaving him upon the field withinthe enemys lines. Upon the followingmorning he was found by the Confederatesand taken care of by them. He receivedspecial mention in the
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