"The Hero of Gettysburg"

Title:: "The Hero of Gettysburg"
Title (alt.):: Gettysburg, Pa. July 1863. John L. Burns, the "old hero of Gettysburg" with gun and crutches
Description:: From "War Memories" catalog: Old John Burns has been celebrated in song and history for the brave part he voluntarily took in the great fight. He was an old citizen of the town of Gettysburg, who, when the battle began, took his old flint-lock musket and went into the Union ranks to fight for his country. He was wounded three times; this picture was taken after the battle as he sat in his old arm chair near his cottage door recovering from his wounds.
Photographer:: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Date:: July 1863
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Albumen prints
Portrait photographs
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: American Civil War 20th Massachusetts Regiment
Series:: War Memories: The War for the Union, 1861-1865
Subjects:: Soldiers
Rifles
Crutches
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Burns, John L., 1794-1872
Places:: Pennsylvania > Adams (county) > Gettysburg
Pennsylvania > Adams (county) > Gettysburg National Military Park
Extent:: 1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 9 x 9 cm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/n0101z320
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Notes:: Title from "War Memories" catalog.
Alternative title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
"War Memories" catalog number: 2401
Milhollen and Mugridge number: 208
Handwritten on item back: 114
Notes (date):: Date from Milhollen and Mugridge.
Notes (citation):: "War memories, the war for the Union 1861-1865 : catalogue of original photographic war views : photographic history of the war for the Union." Taylor & Huntington, 1890, Hartford, Conn.
Milhollen, Hirst D. and Mugridge, Donald H. "Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 : a catalog of copy negatives made from originals selected from the Mathew B. Brady Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress." Library of Congress, 1961, Washington.
Identifier:: 23_05_000316