Burns, John
soldier, was born Sept. 5, 1793, in Burlington, N. J. He was among the first to volunteer for the war of 1812; was present in the actions at Plattsburg, Queenstown and Lundy's Lane, in which last-named engagement he was one of Colonel Miller's regiment that captured the British battery in the center and turned the tide in favor of the Americans. He volunteered promptly for the war with Mexico, and again for the civil war. He died Feb. 7, 1872, in Gettysburg, Pa.