The following publication contains information about John W. Burkman:
Portrait: "Private John Burkman, General Custer's Striker" by G. O. Harris • Research Review, Vol. V, No. 1, Spring 1971.
Cover Photograph: "John Burkman" • Little Big Horn Associates Newsletter, Vol. XXII, No. 3, March 1988.
Article: "Faint Images of the Past: Burkman's Last View of Custer" by R. Dutch Hardorff • Little Big Horn Associates Newsletter, Vol. XXII, No. 3, March 1988.
Article: "Haunted by history: Tragedy followed Bighorn battle survivors" by Lorna Thackeray • Billings Gazette • June 21, 2009 • Pages E1 and E3.