 During the years 1847 to 1849 Burg was engaged in writing his autobiography, which was published in 1854 in Berlin under the title "" ("history of my life in service").In the March Revolution of 1848, Wolfgang Straßmann and eight further revolutionaries sought refuge in Burg's house at Berlin's Poststrasse when their barricades were attacked by Prussian troops on 18 March 1848.Except of Straßmann, who hid in the bed of one of Burg's servant girls, all of them were executed on the spot.