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Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil War and three-time Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor and industrialist.
Nov 9, 2009 · Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881) was a U.S. military officer, railroad executive and politician best known for serving as a Union general during the Civil War (1861-65). Burnside first saw...
May 19, 2024 · Ambrose Everett Burnside (born May 23, 1824, Liberty, Ind., U.S.—died Sept. 13, 1881, Bristol, R.I.) was a Union general in the American Civil War and originator in the United States of the fashion of side whiskers (later known as sideburns).
Ambrose E. Burnside. Date of Birth - Death May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881. Ambrose Everett Burnside began his military career of varied success after graduating 18th in a class of 47 from the United States Military Academy in 1847.
Jan 12, 2024 · Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American politician, industrialist, inventor, and one of four generals to command the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. He also served as commander of the Department of the Ohio, where he worked to eradicate opposition to the Union war effort by Peace Democrats and Copperheads.
Dec 22, 2021 · Ambrose E. Burnside was a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Instantly recognizable for his bushy sideburns (the term itself is derived from reversing his last name), Burnside was one of four men to command the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.
1824–81. Indiana. General, Governor, and U.S. Senator. Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil War successes, a bloody draw at Antietam, and selection...
Ambrose Burnside, a native of Liberty, Indiana, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1847, was commissioned as a Brevet 2LT of Artillery, and served in the 2md U.S. Artillery in Veracruz and Mexico City, Mexico at the end of the Mexican-American war.
Ambrose Burnside. Library of Congress. Quick Facts. Significance: Major General Commanding Union Army of the Potomac, Commanding IX Corps during Maryland Campaign. Place Of Birth: Liberty, IN. Date Of Birth: May 23, 1824. Place Of Death: Bristol, RI. Date Of Death: September 13, 1881. Place Of Burial: Providence, RI. Cemetery Name:
Ambrose E. Burnside, “Burn,” was the General of Army of Potomac, who succeeded George McClellan in November 1862. A failed Rhode Island businessman who designed a rifle later used in the Civil War, he worked for the Illinois Central Railroad under George McClellan when Lincoln was one of the company’s attorneys.
