History of Oxford, (Oxford County) Maine United States of America

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A Biography of James Austin Burns

James Austin Burns, educator, was born at Oxford, Me., Jan. 25, 1840. He studied at Bowdoin college in the class of '62, and at the opening of the civil war became a lieutenant of the 7th Connecticut volunteers, August, 1861, and was promoted to a captaincy in 1862. He served on the staffs of Generals Viele, Stevens, Seymour, Strong and Terry; was present at the sieges of Forts Pulaski, Sumter, and Wagner, and the investment of Petersburg. He resided in Atlanta after the civil war, and was for many years professor of chemistry in the Southern medical college. He is the author of a series of Juxtalinear Translations of the Classics. He received the degree of A .B. in 1882, and of Ph.D. in 1885 from Bowdoin college.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor