Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23 1824 – September 13 1881) was an American soldier railroad executive inventor industrialist and politician from Rhode Island serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee but was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater.
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1869-05-25, 1881-09-13
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1866-05-29, 1875-03-04
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United States Military Academy
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American Civil War, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Crater, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of New Bern, Battle of Antietam, Siege of Petersburg, First Battle of Bull Run, Mexican–American War, Burnside's North Carolina Expedition, Battle of Roanoke Island, Overland Campaign, Battle of North Anna, Maryland Campaign, Knoxville Campaign
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