'''Ambrose Everette Burnside''' (1824 - 1881) was a Major General in the United States Army during the [[American Civil War]], and best known for his loss of the Battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862, and the disaster of the Crater during the seige of Petersburg in July, 1864.
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'''Ambrose Everette Burnside''' (1824 - 1881) was a Major General in the United States Army during the [[American Civil War]], and best known for his loss of the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] in December, 1862, and the disaster of the Crater during the seige of Petersburg in July, 1864.
==Early life==
==Early life==
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*Time-Life Books ''The Civil War'' (vol. 13, ''Rebels Resurgent''), Time, Inc. New York (1985)
*Time-Life Books ''The Civil War'' (vol. 13, ''Rebels Resurgent''), Time, Inc. New York (1985)