Trivia #6 Burns (3/6/2014)

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What did John Burns do with his gun & ammo before being captured by Confederates at Gettysburg?
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[FrazierC]

He buried them.

 

[chellers]

the old man was able to crawl away from his rifle and to hastily bury his ammunition

 

[Stony]

but not before tossing aside his rifle and, he later claimed, burying his remaining cartridges.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Burns states: "Burns took up his flintlock musket and powder horn and walked out to the scene of the fighting that morning. He encountered a wounded Union soldier and asked if he could use his more modern rifle; the soldier agreed and Burns moved on with the rifle and with cartridges in his pocket."........ "As the Union line began to give way and they fell back to the Seminary, Burns received wounds in the arm, the leg, and several minor ones in the breast; the Union soldiers were forced to leave him behind on the field.[8] Injured and exhausted, the old man was able to crawl away from his rifle and to hastily bury his ammunition."....."He convinced the Confederates that he was a noncombatant, wandering the battlefield seeking aid for his invalid wife, and his wounds were dressed by their surgeons. This was a narrow escape for Burns, for by the rules of war he was subject to summary execution as a non-uniformed combatant, or bushwhacker. He was able to crawl that evening to the cellar of the nearest house, and was later conveyed to his own home, where he was treated by Dr. Charles Horner."

Burns was never "captured", as he convinced the Rebs, after being wounded and receiving medical treatment, that he was looking for his wife.....He abandoned the use of his Flintlock for that of a rifle of a wounded soldier, which he crawled away from and buried his ammunition.....

 

[bixby272]

crawl away from his rifle and to hastily bury his ammunition

 

[ErnieMac]

After receiving several wounds Burns crawled away from his gun and buried the ammo.

 

[W. Richardson]

He buried it in the ground

Respectfully,

William

 

[Bob Owen]

He crawled away from his gun and buried his ammo.

 

[adisciu9]

Buried his ammo and crawed away from his gun

 

[TerryB]

Broke his gun and pushed it away from him for fear of being executed if caught with them. Ammo too.

 

[Dbersh]

Crawled away from his gun and left it on the battlefield and buried his ammunition.

 

[Eagle eye]

Very sketchy…
Buried both weapon & ammo.

 

[sockknitter]

He claimed that he tossed his borrowed rifle aside, and buried his ammunition, so as to support his story of being a civilian accidentally caught in battle.

 

[C.S.M 1861]

As the Union line began to give way and they fell back to the Seminary, Burns received wounds in the arm, the leg, and several minor ones in the breast; the Union soldiers were forced to leave him behind on the field.[8] Injured and exhausted, the old man was able to crawl away from his rifle and to hastily bury his ammunition. He convinced the Confederates that he was a noncombatant, wandering the battlefield seeking aid for his invalid wife, and his wounds were dressed by their surgeons. This was a narrow escape for Burns, for by the rules of war he was subject to summary execution as a non-uniformed combatant, or bushwhacker. He was able to crawl that evening to the cellar of the nearest house, and was later conveyed to his own home, where he was treated by Dr. Charles Horner.[9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Burns

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Burns buried his ammunition and according to some accounts he tossed away the rifle while other accounts have him crawling away from the rifle.

 

[reading48]

According to three sources he tossed his rifle aside leaving it on the field and buried his remaining ammunition. Then he crawled away.??????

 

[ole]

Buried his ammo and hid his gun.

 

[FarawayFriend]

From Wikipedia:
"Injured and exhausted, the old man was able to crawl away from his rifle and to hastily bury his ammunition. He convinced the Confederates that he was a noncombatant, wandering the battlefield seeking aid for his invalid wife, and his wounds were dressed by their surgeons."

 

[Seduzal]

Crawled away from his rifle and hastily buried his ammunition.