John Burn the Gettysburg hero

== Early Life and Military Career ==
John was born in the 1700s and was supposedly related to famous poet Robert Burn, he fought in the War of 1812 and took part in the Battle of Lundy's Lane, he later attempted to enlist in the army during the Mexican-American War in the 1840s and in the Civil War 20 years later. 
== Battle of Gettysburg ==
On July 1, 1863, Burn heard the raging battle outside so he grabbed his flintlock rifle from the War of 1812 and rushed outside into the battle, while in the midst of battle Burns came across a wounded solider who supplied Burn with a modern rifle and ammo, Burn came across the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry and accompanied them with their permission, while in battle he fought with the Iron Brigade against the Confederates until he was shot in the leg and arms while in battle. fortunately he was discovered by Confederate troops who brought him back to his home, he soon recovered and was praised nationality as a hero and photographed by famed photographers Matthew Brady and Timothy H. O'Sullivan, when Abraham Lincoln came to deliver the Gettysburg Address he met Burns and they walked to the David Wills House together.
== Death ==
Burns later died at the age of 78 and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in the 1870s.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Burns
File:John L. Burns, veteran of the War of 1812, civilian who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg with Union troops, standing with bayoneted musket - From photographic negative in Brady's National LCCN2017659617.jpg|John with rifle
File:John-burns-3.webp|John Burns portrait 
File:1280px-John Burns statue.jpg|John Burns statue in Gettysburg National Military Park
File:John-l-burns-0105ea-1024.jpg|John's portrait in (1863) 
File:Cane-owned-by-John-L.-Burns.webp|Johns Cane