Most know the story of the Gettysburg civilian - John Burns - how he tromped out to the battleline on July 1 - fought alongside the Iron Brigade, and was wounded, etc. Very few of these articles give the extent of those injuries as does this eyewitness from the Christian Commission:John Burns was hit 4 times, 1) He was hit in the side, but the bullet glanced off a pair of spectacles he had in his vest pocket 2) He was hit in the abdominal area, but that bullet glanced off a truss he was wearing for a previous stomach injury, although it did tear away some flesh from his thigh, 2 inches below the hip bone 3) a bullet passed through is leg, not hitting any of the bones or arteries 4) another bullet struck the fleshy part of his left arm below the elbow, and it too did not strike bone or arteries.The next day, as he was recuperating from these wounds at home, in his bed - two bullets (from apparent Rebel sharpshooters that were in the various buildings in the area) came through his window - 1 grazed his chest, and the other hit a wall. Only minutes before, he turned in the bed, being in an uncomfortable position - and as his luck would have it, avoided those bullets that would have actually struck his body. Till the day he died, he swore it was an assassination attempt by the Rebel army for the fighting he had done.If he wasn't a God-fearing man before - I would imagine he was after.