Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Burnside, Ambrose Everett |
Born |
1824 |
Birthplace |
Indiana |
Deceased |
1881 |
Deceased where |
Rhode Island |
Titles & honors |
The Union League of Philadelphia Silver Medal and freedom of the League House, 1863. |
Notes |
Brigadier General, U.S.A., in command of the Army of the Potomac from November 7, 1862 to January 26, 1863. After the war he was elected Governor of Rhode Island, 1867-1869, and served as United States Senator from that state, 1875 to 1881. He was awarded The Union League of Philadelphia Silver Medal and freedom of the League House in 1863. |
