The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09

Virginia campaign. He was twice
wounded, the first a flesh wound, the
last time receiving a musket shot
through the right shoulder. whil h
disabled him from active duty
He was then detailed in the quarter
masters department, and the last year
OF the war his duty was to bring sup
plies from Washington via the Potomac
river to Grants army at City Point,
Va. Mr. Burns was in Washington the
night Lincoln was assassinated, which
he says was one OF the most eXcitable
nights he ever experienced. He
marched with the funeral escort of the
dead president from the White house
to the Baltimore & Ohio depot, par
ticipating In the grand review. The
following five or six years he was de-
tailed for duty with the Freedmans
bureau. In 1871 he came West, and
settled in Iowa. He was a charter
member and commander of Baker Post
No. 81, G. A. R., department of Iowa, fer
two years. He was mayor of the city
Of Panora, To-, for six years. He has
always taken an active part in Grand
Army affairs. He was delegate to state
encampmentS. He has been a success
full business man, connected with the
lumber business for the past twenty
years. he Is dl present pTeSlQGnI Oh
the Burns Lumber company, Of st.
Paul.
Acker Post No. 81 numbered 3G3 members
in good standing at the close of the fiscal
year. They have lost ID members by death
during the past year. On their roll Of &C
tive members is a United States senator, ex-
congressman, eX-governors and ex-judges
the mayor of St. Paul, scores of brgadier
and major generals OF the Volunteers and
regular army, and, Capt. Castle once said
"Acker post had 300 members able and COM
petent to be governors, and all anxious and
willing to be governors No other body
of representative men in this or any other
state can compare with the distinguished
members of Acker post When there is a
| sspeck of war on the horizon the old veterans
| bristle up, forget their wounds and rheu-
matism and other ailments and think OF the
| days Of 1861 to 1865, when they marched and
marched, as boys were marching, and fought
and fought scores of battles, until there was
! nothing to fight.
Mr.. Burns has few relics of the war
which he prizes highly When his regiment
was first paid off in 1851 at Newport News.
| Va, they were paid in gold and silver. Among
| his first cash from Uncle Sam was a 81. 50
| gold piece, which he has kept from that day
! to this though often hard up and several
| times close run. 1t would take several ST. to
| purchase that one from him now. He also
| has the palmetto tree worked in gold leaf that
| he took off the coat collar of the Confederate
general, Anderson, who was killed at Ante
| tam, and fell into the Zouaves' hands as
| they charged over him. Antetam will be
battles of the war. The Zouaves went into
| that battle with 1913 men and made three
| successive bayonet charges, in which they
lost 240 men, falling in that night as one
| company with little over 100 men to answer
| roll call Of the regiment. Mr.. Burns was
| one of the unscathed He has another relic.
| He has piece of the soldiers gray flannel
| shirt he wore at the time he was wounded,
| which shows the hole the Rebel bullet tore
! through 1t into his flesh, which left him a
! disabled arm from that day to this