Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-15
General IH Burnside; the new Commander of

Il Commander
5h CIR the Army Of the Potomac
"a From the New York Tnbuue.I .,
MaJor-Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside,
= oI tne United States volunteer service. is
Is In tne very prime Of life, having been born
rs at Liberty, small town in Union county.
d Indiana, on the 23d Of May, 1924 After
being well grounded in the usual rudi-
ments Of 8 liberal education, he was nom
e mated to the West Point Military Academy
= ana ms name was enrolled as cadet in
A 1872. He graduated in 1847. eighteenth
IN class Of S8 members, and was inlrnedi-
ately attached to the ID Artillery with the
e breYet rank Of Second Lieutenant tits
: Iact worthy Of note that none of the grad
yates Of lS47 were appointed either to the
Engineers, Corps Of Typographical Engin-
eersior the Ordnance Department. Usual
" the first ten or twelve graduates ara
assigned to those corps, but in 1847 TWEEN
ty-tnree were appointed to artillery and
the rest to infantry regiments The re-
qulrements Of the service, consequent upon
the war with Mexico, then raging, were no
doubt the cause Of this. In September, Ia47.
Lieut.. burnside was promoted to a. full |
second heutenancy in Company G, Sd Ar |
tl1lery, since rendered famous as "Bragg's |
Battely,D Bragg being then Captain Of IL
\ With this battery, Lieat. Burnside mdrcb-
\ ed, in Gen. Patterson s Division. TO tho ostv
I of Mexico, and remained there until the /
close Of the Mexican war. After this he
served with his company in New Mekieo I
where he was distinguished in encounters
with the Apache Indians, being compli-
mented in general orders. On the 25tb of
december, 1851, he was promoted to aifrst
ieutensncy, In the room of an ofieeriwbol
was oashiered. When the present Lieut.
Col- y James u. Graham, of the corps of Topo-
graphleal En- gineers, was appointed Unit
ed states Astronomer in the joint commits
sion to settle the frontier lines Of the Uni
ted States and Mexico, Lieut.. Burnside
was chosen to fill the Office of Quartermss
ter, and in this capacity he conveyed dis
patches from Col Graham to President
Fillmore, travelling twelve hundred miles &
across the plains in seventeen days. With A
an escort Of only three men. After serv- ,
ing short time at Fort Adams. Kewborf
HarbGr, Lieut.. Burnside resigned, in IB53. d
After his resignation, he turned his atten-
ton to the manufacture Of breech-loadinp 4 nj
rites OF his own invention, known as Ithe \,
> burnside RIfe,i project which resulted m
IN considerable pecHnisry loss, owin9, it | ff55
Is SAID, to the dcuble-delaying of the trait cy
orous Secretary of War, Floyd who, after =
having promised Burnside that his rife
should be used by the Government. gave r
the contract to another inventor, with whom. :,
ne shared the spoils. Gen. urnside then
sold his establishment to his brother4in-
law, who has supplied quite a number of U.
the Burnside rifles to the present Admin !
stration. Subsequently to this he was, am
with ten. Mcclellan, whom he has lust B1i
,uperceded, connected with the Illinois ant
JentraI Kallroad, holding the position Of ",
resident of the Land Office Department RI
While residing at Bristol. Rhode Island L.
le married Miss Bishop an estimable LADY, n
I providence, and removed with her to One
)hicago upon being appointed to the IIIi-5
ois Central. He was also elected Major L
leneral Of the Rhode Island Militia dir -
lg his sojourn at Bristol. Shortly after 4
emoTing to Chicago he was elected Treas L.
rer Of the Central Railroad, and there ls51 n
pom removed to this city, from which he pan
as summoned on the outbreak of the rev '--I
luton, by Governor Sprague, to assume Ne
le colonelcy Of the first Rhode Island
olunteers, which, it may be mentioned
PGssant was armed with the Burnside {
mes. The regiment, as is well known.
i'd good service in the first battle Of aga
uil Run, its Colonel acting as Brigadier aa.
eneral of the Second brigade, the second 7.
vision. After this he was appointed C
rigadier General of Volunteers. his com 7
lssioR being dated 9Th August, 1861. OF
e celebrated " Burnside expedition. 10 r
orth Carolina, nothing need be said. It's AL
suits are well known, and were even Iitp 9itp
en- here, in the hundreds of rebel prison Ss
3 kept in captivity on Governors Island % Aul
many months, until sent to Columbus.
Mo, to be exchanged. At the battle of An
'tam, in September last Gen. Burnside's NeV
rps darHee performed a highly import ca
It part 1t took the main road to Sharps-
rg on the left, and encountered the most
termined opposition in successfully .ek-
ltlng its part of the general plan Of the III,
tile. II sura4 TRl
Gen. Burnside had to cross the bridge -.
er the Antietam Creek, and dislodee the 7ss1- 7sS1S
emy, who were in strong force and posi-
on on the opposite side. Twice his army
lde an attempt to cross, and twice was It
pulsed, with heavy loss, but the third
aek, led by the General in person, was 4
ocessful, and the position was won, al II
'ugh with great sacrifice of life. This "
S one of the most important acts in the
'at Antietam tragedy. In October last
q Burnside was assigned to the general =
lrge Of the defenses of Harper's Ferry. ( =
- eASSofSASu AIOlu i1e EeDelS, after llV-i
been surrendered by Col Miles. The G
and 18th army corps were at the same
e placed under his command. On Oct.
when the Army of the Potomac began ~
move after its long inaction, Gen. Burn
e, with his I'd army corps, crossed the OOn
omac in very light marching order and n,
nediately after Pleasanton's cavalry %
is now in the advance. although its r1-,is
We leader is called to other and more O0l
nentous dnties, and we may expect n
before long the country win be cleo
led by the news of victory. which
OF a defeat. Gen. Burnside is man of
y fine personal appearance, a rigid - rel
pinsrian and thorough gentleman.
present rank is that Of Major General eTe1 aai'
Volunteers. He is the ninth on the
and by virtue of his commission alone ".
ch is dated March 16, 1862, ranksy ali 4's"
1nteer Major Generals except Gene
Banks, Dix, Butler David Hunter. Ed 10 ..
D; Morgan, Hitchcock, Grant and Nc sSfs
-~---- co
eiuand for White Labor at the south. NM,