Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive and politician. He served as governor of Rhode Island (1866-1869) and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he fought successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee but was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater. Burnside commanded the IX Corps, the Department of Ohio, and also the Army of the Potomac for a few months. His distinctive style of facial hair is now known as sideburns, derived from his last name.

Ambrose Everett Burnside
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Born	23 May 1824 Liberty, Indiana
Died	13 September 1881 Bristol, Rhode Island
Occupation	General, Governor, Senator

Ambrose Burnside Media

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  Mrs. Burnside, Mary Richmond Bishop

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  "Portrait of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, officer of the Federal Army". Negative: glass, wet collodion.

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  Burnside (seated, center) and officers of the 1st Rhode Island at Camp Sprague, Rhode Island, 1861

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  Burnside's Bridge at Antietam in 2023

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  Union General Ambrose Burnside, 1862

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  Engraving of General Burnside in full dress uniform

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  Petersburgcrateraftermath

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  Burnside's grave at Swan Point Cemetery

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  Studio photograph of Gen. Ambrose Burnside taken sometime between 1860 and 1862. Photograph shows his unusual sideburns.

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  Equestrian monument in Burnside Park, Providence, Rhode Island.