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Ambrose Everts 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...
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. Title Major General. War & Affiliation Civil War / Union. 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.
Feb 3, 2020 · Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside was a prominent Union commander during the Civil War. Having graduated from West Point, Burnside saw brief service in the Mexican-American War, before leaving the US Army in 1853.
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.
Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil War successes, a bloody draw at Antietam, and selection as general of all Union armies, succeeding his friend...
Facts and information about Ambrose Burnside, a Union general during the American Civil War
Aug 12, 2019 · Originally aired on December 12, 1997 - In part 172 of our Civil War series, Virginia Tech history professor James Robertson profiles the career of Ambrose E. Burnside culminating with his...
