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\"Senator Burnside\" redirects here. For the Pennsylvania State Senate member, see Thomas Burnside.

Ambrose Burnside
Burnside c. 1880

United States Senator from Rhode Island
In office March 4, 1875 \u2013 September 13, 1881
Preceded by	William Sprague IV
Succeeded by	Nelson W. Aldrich
30th Governor of Rhode Island
In office May 29, 1866 \u2013 May 25, 1869
Lieutenant	William Greene Pardon Stevens
Preceded by	James Y. Smith
Succeeded by	Seth Padelford
President of the National Rifle Association
In office 1871\u20131872
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	William Conant Church
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Personal details
Born	Ambrose Everts Burnside May 23, 1824 Liberty, Indiana, U.S.
Died	September 13, 1881(1881-09-13) (aged 57) Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S.
Cause of death	Angina
Resting place	Swan Point Cemetery Providence, Rhode Island
Political party	Democratic (1858\u20131865) Republican (1866\u20131881)
Spouse	\n Mary Richmond Bishop \n (m. 1852; died 1876)
Education	United States Military Academy
Profession	Soldier, inventor, industrialist
Signature	$\"\"$
Nickname	Burn
Military service
Allegiance	United States (Union)
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1847\u20131865
Rank	Major General
Commands	Army of the Potomac Army of the Ohio
Battles/wars	\n Mexican\u2013American War \n American Civil War\n First Battle of Bull Run \n Burnside's North Carolina Expedition\n Battle of Roanoke Island \n Battle of New Bern \n Maryland Campaign\n Battle of South Mountain \n Battle of Antietam \n Battle of Fredericksburg \n Morgan's Raid \n Knoxville Campaign \n Overland Campaign\n Battle of the Wilderness \n Battle of Spotsylvania Court House \n Battle of North Anna \n Battle of Cold Harbor \n Siege of Petersburg\n Battle of the Crater \n

Ambrose Everts Burnside (May 23, 1824 \u2013 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.\n

He was responsible for some of the earliest victories in the Eastern theater, but was then promoted above his abilities, and is mainly remembered for two disastrous defeats, at Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater (Petersburg). Although an inquiry cleared him of blame in the latter case, he never regained credibility as an army commander.\n

Burnside was a modest and unassuming individual, mindful of his limitations, who had been propelled to high command against his will. He could be described as a genuinely unlucky man, both in battle and in business, where he was robbed of the rights to a successful cavalry firearm that had been his own invention. His spectacular growth of whiskers became known as \"sideburns\", deriving from the two parts of his surname.\n

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Party political offices\n
Preceded by James Y. Smith \n	Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island 1866, 1867, 1868\n	Succeeded by Seth Padelford \n
Military offices\n
Preceded by none, new corps \n	Commander of the IX Corps July 22, 1862 \u2013 August 3, 1862\n	Succeeded by Department of Virginia \n
Preceded by George B. McClellan \n	Commander of the Army of the Potomac November 9, 1862 \u2013 January 26, 1863\n	Succeeded by Joseph Hooker \n
Political offices\n
Preceded by James Y. Smith \n	Governor of Rhode Island 1866\u20131869\n	Succeeded by Seth Padelford \n
Preceded by John A. Logan \n	Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic 1871\u20131873\n	Succeeded by Charles Devens \n
U.S. Senate\n
Preceded by William Sprague \n	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Rhode Island 1875\u20131881 Served alongside: Henry B. Anthony\n	Succeeded by Nelson W. Aldrich \n
National Rifle Association of America\n
New title\n	President of the NRA 1871\u20131872\n	Succeeded by William Conant Church \n

v t e Indiana in the American Civil War
People	\n William A. Bowles \n Jesse D. Bright \n Ambrose Burnside \n Harrison H. Dodd \n Alvin P. Hovey \n Andrew Humphreys \n Lambdin P. Milligan \n Oliver P. Morton \n Francis A. Shoup \n Lew Wallace \n Indiana regiments \n
Places	\n Camp Joe Holt \n Camp Morton \n Jefferson General Hospital \n Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot \n Military Park \n New Albany National Cemetery \n
Battles raids	\n Battle of Corydon \n Battle of Pogue's Run \n Hines' Raid \n Morgan's Raid \n Newburgh Raid \n
Related	\n Union Literary Institute \n
See also: Indianapolis in the American Civil War

v t e United States senators from Rhode Island
Class 1	\n Foster \n Potter \n Howland \n Malbone \n Champlin \n Hunter \n DeWolf \n Robbins \n Dixon I \n Sprague III \n Francis \n A. Greene \n James \n Simmons \n Arnold \n Sprague IV \n Burnside \n Aldrich \n Lippitt \n Gerry \n Hebert \n Gerry \n McGrath \n Leahy \n Pastore \n J. Chafee \n L. Chafee \n Whitehouse \n	$\"United$
Class 2	\n Stanton \n Bradford \n R. Greene \n Ellery \n Fenner \n Mathewson \n Howell \n Burrill \n Knight \n Simmons \n Clarke \n Allen \n Anthony \n Sheffield \n Chace \n Dixon III \n Wetmore \n Colt \n Metcalf \n Green \n Pell \n Reed \n

v t e Chairs of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Education/Education and Labor (1869–1947)	\n Harlan \n Drake \n Sawyer \n Flanagan \n Ferry \n Patterson \n Burnside \n Bailey \n Blair \n Carey \n Kyle \n Shoup \n Kyle \n McComas \n Penrose \n Dolliver \n Borah \n H. Smith \n Kenyon \n Borah \n Phipps \n Couzens \n Metcalf \n Walsh \n Black \n Thomas \n Murray \n
Labor and Public Welfare (1947–1977)	\n Taft \n Thomas \n Murray \n A. Smith \n Hill \n Yarborough \n Williams \n
Labor and Human Resources (1977–1999)	\n Williams \n Hatch \n Kennedy \n Kassebaum \n Jeffords \n
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1999\u2013present)	\n Jeffords \n Kennedy \n Jeffords \n Kennedy \n Gregg \n Enzi \n Kennedy \n Harkin \n Alexander \n Murray \n Sanders \n Cassidy \n

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Early life

Early military career

Civil War

First Bull Run

North Carolina

Antietam

Fredericksburg

East Tennessee

Overland Campaign

The Crater

Postbellum career

Death and burial

Assessment and legacy

Sideburns

Honors

Portrayals

See also

Citations

Bibliography

External links

Ambrose Burnside

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