Ambrose Burnside ‑ General, President & Civil War - HISTORY
2009年11月9日 · 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...
Ambrose E. Burnside - American Battlefield Trust
Burnside decided to attempt a rapid approach to Richmond, leading to a very costly Union defeat on December 13 at the Battle of Fredericksburg, during which the Union army received 13,000 casualties after making numerous assaults against impregnable Confederate positions.
Ambrose Everett Burnside | Civil War, Rhode Island, Union Army
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 (1824–1881) - Encyclopedia Virginia
2021年12月22日 · 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 E Burnside - U.S. National Park Service
Ambrose E. Burnside, known for his hard-working friendly easy-going nature was an inveterate tinkerer. Born in Liberty, Indiana, in 1824, money was always a struggle for the tall Hoosier. After losing his mother in 1841, Burnside was forced to become a tailor.
The Generals and Admirals: Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881)
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.
Ambrose E. Burnside - New World Encyclopedia
Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator.
Major General Ambrose Burnside - Union Generals
Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. At the close of the war, Lt. Burnside served two years on the western frontier under Captain Braxton Bragg in the 3rd U.S. Artillery, a light artillery unit that had been converted to cavalry duty, protecting the Western mail routes through Nevada to California.
Ambrose E. Burnside - Civil War
During duty in New Mexico, Burnside found the cavalry carbine unsuited for plains service and invented the Burnside breechloading rifle. In 1852 he resigned his commission and settled in Rhode Island to manufacture the new rifle, hoping for a lucrative government contract.
Ambrose E. Burnside - WVTF
2019年8月12日 · 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...
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