Major General Ambrose E. Burnside

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Major General Ambrose E. Burnside was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for his distinctive facial hair and for his controversial leadership in battles such as Antietam and Fredericksburg.

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instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
battle Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of New Bern ⓘ
Battle of Roanoke Island ⓘ
Battle of the Crater ⓘ
First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
birthDate 1824-05-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Liberty, Indiana, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Swan Point Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
commanded Army of the Potomac ⓘ
IX Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1881-09-13 ⓘ
deathPlace Bristol, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName Burnside ⓘ
fullName Ambrose Everett Burnside ⓘ
linked to: Ambrose Burnside
givenName Ambrose ⓘ
hasFacialHairStyle sideburns ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
namedAfter Ambrose Everett Burnside (sideburns eponym) ⓘ
linked to: Ambrose Burnside
notableFor command at the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
command of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
controversial leadership and tactical decisions ⓘ
distinctive facial hair known as sideburns ⓘ
occupation industrialist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
positionHeld Governor of Rhode Island ⓘ
United States Senator from Rhode Island ⓘ
predecessor George B. McClellan (as commander of the Army of the Potomac) ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
residence Bristol, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
servedIn Mexican–American War (as officer, limited service) ⓘ
signature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Ambrose_E._Burnside_Signature.svg ⓘ
stateRepresented Rhode Island ⓘ
successor Joseph Hooker (as commander of the Army of the Potomac) ⓘ

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Burnside Bridge → commandersInvolved → Major General Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
Army of the Potomac → commander → Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
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Battle of Fredericksburg → unionCommanderTitle → Major General Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
Battle of the Crater → commander → Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
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Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights → associatedWithCommander → Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
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Relief of Knoxville → commander → Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
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Relief of Knoxville → notableCommanderUnion → Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
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Battle of Marye's Heights → commander → Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
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V Corps (Army of the Potomac) → subordinateTo → Army of the Potomac commander Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
linked to: Major General Ambrose E. Burnside