The story of John Burns is widely known from many accounts of it that have been printed and for this picture, Bret Harte's poem furnishes the scenario. Quotations from it serve as subtitles. The picture is not a great success, it was taken is some sandy place not at all like the country about Gettysburg and its battle scenes have nothing that even afar off suggest the great battle. The story, such as it is, is clearly told and the picture has some good scenes. The photography is not perfect, but fair in much of the picture. Kenean Buel's Burns is a striking, interesting figure and he deserves commendation for it. Guy Coombs plays the old man's son who enlists and is brought home dead with a sharpshooter's bullet through his heart. Mrs. Courtot plays Burns' wife and Anna Nilson, his daughter-in-law. - The Moving Picture World, June 14, 1913
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