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Burlington (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
Queenston (Canada) (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry burns-john
Plattsburg (New York, United States) (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
John Burns (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
September 5th, 1793 AD (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
1812 AD (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
1793 AD (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
1863 AD (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.
1815 AD (search for this): entry burns-john
Burns, John, 1793-1872
Military officer; born in Burlington, N. J., Sept. 5, 1793; served in the War of 1812-15, taking part in the engagements at Plattsburg, Queenston, and Lund's Lane.
He endeavored to enlist for the Mexican War, but being rejected on account of his age went with the army as a teamster.
In 1863, when the Confederate scouts entered Gettysburg, he joined a party to oppose them, but was turned back by the National cavalry.
He took an active part in the subsequent battle of Gettysburg, and when the report of his participation reached the Northern States it aroused much interest and he was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg.
He died in Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872.