Ambrose Burnside, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ambrose Burnside

soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, United States

Date of Birth: 23-May-1824

Place of Birth: Liberty, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1881

Profession: businessperson, politician, military officer, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad-executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island.
He served as Governor of Rhode Island and as a United States Senator.
As a Union Army general in the American Civil War of 1861-1865 he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, as well as countering the raids of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, but suffered disastrous defeats at the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater.
His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns, derived from his last name.
He became the first president of the National Rifle Association (in office: 1871-1872).



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat