Ambrose Burnside
American general and politician (1824-1881) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 57
Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of Rhode Island, as well as being an inventor and industrialist.
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Mrs. Burnside, Mary Richmond Bishop
General Ambrose Burnside
Burnside (seated, center) and officers of the 1st Rhode Island at Camp Sprague, Rhode Island, 1861
Burnside's Bridge at Antietam in 2023
Union General Ambrose Burnside, 1862
Engraving of General Burnside in full dress uniform
Petersburg Crater, 1865About this person
Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1824 to 1881 · aged 57
