John Lawrence Burns, 1793 –1872. Veteran of the War of 1812, he became a 69-year-old civilian combatant with the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

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John Lawrence Burns, 1793 –1872. Veteran of the War of 1812, became a 69-year-old civilian combatant with the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. From The Century Magazine, published 1887.

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