Life Span 05/23/1824 to 09/13/1881 Life Summary Full name Ambrose Everett Burnside Place of Birth Liberty, IN Burial Place Providence, RI Birth Date Certainty Exact Death Date Certainty Exact Gender Male Race White Sectional choice North Origins Free State Education West Point (US Military Academy) Occupation Military Military US military (Pre-Civil War) Union Army Note Cards Ambrose Everett Burnside (Congressional Biographical Directory) Reference BURNSIDE, Ambrose Everett , a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Liberty, Ind., May 23, 1824; attended a seminary at Liberty and Beach Grove Academy; graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1847; served in the Mexican and Indian wars; resigned in 1852 to manufacture a breech-loading rifle of his own invention; moved to Illinois, and was appointed treasurer of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1858; during the Civil War entered the Union Army in 1861 as colonel; commanded a brigade at the first Battle of Bull Run; commissioned brigadier general and major general and resigned in 1865; Governor of Rhode Island 1866-1868; during a visit to Europe in 1870 acted as mediator between the French and the Germans then at war; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1874; reelected in 1880 and served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Bristol, R.I., September 13, 1881; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Forty-fifth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Forty-seventh Congress); interment in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I. "Burnside, Ambrose Everett," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present , http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001130. Events Date Event 07/21/1861 - 07/22/1861 The first pitched battle of the war between armies results in a Union disaster at Bull Run 02/07/1862 - 02/08/1862 In North Carolina, a combined federal army and navy operation captures Roanoke Island 03/13/1862 In North Carolina, Union land and sea units advance up the Neuse River to attack New Bern 03/14/1862 In North Carolina, combined Union land and naval force win the battle of New Bern 04/24/1862 At dawn, Union artillery begins a heavy bombardment of Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina 04/25/1862 Union troops take possession of Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina 12/11/1862 - 12/15/1862 Battle of Fredericksburg 05/01/1863 Before a massive crowd in Ohio, Congressman Vallandigham denounces the war and President Lincoln 05/05/1863 In the early morning hours, soldiers arrest Ohio Congressman C. L. Vallandigham at his home in Dayton 05/05/1863 Large and angry crowds gather in Cincinnati, Ohio to protest the arrest of Congressman Vallandigham 05/06/1863 - 05/07/1863 A Military Commission tries Clement Vallandigham in Cincinnati for "disloyal sentiments and opinions" 05/09/1863 Congressman Clement Vallandigham applies for a writ of "Habeus Corpus" in a Cincinnati court 05/11/1863 Congressman Clement Vallandigham denied a writ of "Habeas Corpus" in a Cincinnati court 05/15/1863 In Ohio, General Burnside executes two Confederate officers arrested in Kentucky for spying 06/01/1863 Regional army commander Ambrose Burnside orders the closing of the Chicago Times for disloyalty 06/03/1863 The Illinois State Legislature strongly protests the military shutdown of the Chicago Times 06/04/1863 In Illinois, the Chicago Times reopens after its brief military shutdown 09/09/1863 Union forces under General Burnside occupy the Cumberland Gap 11/29/1863 In Tennessee, a massive dawn Confederate infantry attack on Knoxville's defenses fails completely 07/30/1864 In Virginia, a spectacular Union attempt to break the siege of Petersburg ends in disaster in "The Battle of the Crater" 03/20/1866 Rhode Island Republicans nominate Union General Ambrose Burnside for governor. 03/21/1866 Rhode Island Democrats meet to nominate candidates for the May 1866 state elections. 05/05/1866 In state elections, Rhode Island Republicans score huge victories and elect Ambrose Burnside governor. 05/29/1866 Major-General Ambrose Everett Burnside is inaugurated as the thirtieth governor of Rhode Island. Documents Date Title 05/17/1863 New York Herald, “The Pen and the Sword,” May 17, 1863 05/24/1863 New York Herald, “Demand for the Release of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham,” May 24, 1863 06/13/1863 New York Times, “The Military and the Civil Power,” June 13, 1863 Date Title 05/19/1863 Order of the President to Major-General Burnside, May 19, 1863 Images Ambrose Everett Burnside Ambrose Everett Burnside, detail Ambrose Everett Burnside, circa 1880 Ambrose Everett Burnside, circa 1880, detail Ambrose Everett Burnside, engraving "Remarkable Instance of Vitality," cartoon, May 3, 1862 Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Edwards, Knight. “Burnside: A Rhode Island Hero.” Rhode Island History 16 (January 1957): 1-23. view record Marvel, William. Burnside . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. view record Thomas, Donna. “Ambrose E. Burnside and Army Reform, 1850-1881.” Rhode Island History 37 (February 1978): 3-13. view record
Ambrose Everett Burnside (Congressional Biographical Directory) Reference BURNSIDE, Ambrose Everett , a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Liberty, Ind., May 23, 1824; attended a seminary at Liberty and Beach Grove Academy; graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1847; served in the Mexican and Indian wars; resigned in 1852 to manufacture a breech-loading rifle of his own invention; moved to Illinois, and was appointed treasurer of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1858; during the Civil War entered the Union Army in 1861 as colonel; commanded a brigade at the first Battle of Bull Run; commissioned brigadier general and major general and resigned in 1865; Governor of Rhode Island 1866-1868; during a visit to Europe in 1870 acted as mediator between the French and the Germans then at war; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1874; reelected in 1880 and served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Bristol, R.I., September 13, 1881; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Forty-fifth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Forty-seventh Congress); interment in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I. "Burnside, Ambrose Everett," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present , http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001130.