adapted from John Burns of Gettysburg
by Bret Harte
Have you heard the story that gossips tell
Of Burns of Gettysburg?—No? Ah, well,
Brief is the glory that hero earns,
Briefer the story of poor John Burns:
5 He was the fellow who won renown,—
The only man who didn't back down
When the rebels rode through his native town;
But held his own in the fight next day,
When all his townsfolk ran away.
. . .
10 So raged the battle. You know the rest:
How the rebels, beaten and backward pressed,
Broke at the final charge, and ran.
At which John Burns—a practical man—
Shouldered his rifle, unbent his brows,
15 And then went back to his bees and cows.
Passage 2
John Burns: Civilian Soldier
John Burns was a seventy-year-old farmer who lived in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where the famous American Civil War battle was fought in July 1863. Burns wanted to aid the Northern troops in their fight against the Southern "Rebels." He asked Colonel Langhorne Wister of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry if he could join the fight. Burns is the only civilian, or non-soldier, known to have fought in the battle. During the long and difficult clash, he impressed the Union soldiers with his bravery. He was wounded multiple times, and finally had to crawl from the battlefield to a nearby home. Today his role in the battle is honored by a statue on the land where he fought.
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