Indiana State sentinel., 1862-11-17
who is Gen. burnside, the New Com.
mauder of the Army OF the Polo.
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AhauoeF oA the army Oh the POLO.
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General Ambrose Everett Burnside was born
, IN Liberty, Union county. Indiana. on the 23d of
May, 1924. and is nOE in the vigor of m InhoOd
He is OF Scotch descent his grandparents having
emigrated to South Carolina. where has father
WAS born and practiced law with great success.
having married South Carolina lady In 1879
he disposed ot his property in the Palmetto State
and removed To Southern Indiana where he filled
several local Offices anu became Judge of the
Circuit Court.
The son, when eighteen years of age. was ad
mitted into West Point Military Academy, and in
le47 graduated nthe artillery. fifteenth ia class
OF forty seven. HIS rank of Brevet Second Lieu
tenant in the Second Artillery was exchange ed the
following year for that of full Second Lieuten
ancy in the Third ARTILLERY. At the time of his
graduation from West Point his regiment was i'm
Meaico. and, juning it at Vera Cruz, he went,
with PattersOn's column, 10 the City OF Mexico,
which city they reached after SCOTS triunphal
entry.
On the prOmulgati0n of peace, he was ordered
to Newport. X . and served at that post until
the spring OF lS49, when he went To New Mexi-
CO. having been attached TO Bragg's famous bat
ieIy as First Lieutenant. For three or tour wears
he WAS la the exciting service of skirmiShing
against The warlike Indian tribes of New Mexico,
and in several perilous fights displayed such
dauntless courage as 10 earn the highest en-oni-
umS from his superior officers.
He was recommended to President Fillmore for
promotion, but resigned from the service before
receiving the reward he fairly entitled to- In
the winter OF le5tl-'5l. he served as Quartermas
ter on the Boundary Commission, which ran the
line between Mexico and the United States and
IN September, 1851, came across the plains as
nearer OF dispatches from Colonel Graham to the
President. With am escort of only three men he
started from the Giia river on his perilOus Tip
through the Indian country, but fortunately passed
through unmolested, travelling twelve hundred
miles in the incteiibly short time of seventeen
DAYS This is the fastest mule travel on record.
While az Fort Adams. Newport, he resigned from
the service, having invented breech loadiug
carbine.
With Il view of manufacturing il, he settled IN
Bristol, Rhode Island and mvesl ed his property
in it on the strength of verbal contract with
the traitor Fioyd. who found it an easy matter to
uin the poor Lieutenant. Lieutenant Burnside
then tried his fortune in Chicago. and entered the
employment of the Illinois Central Railroad,
where he renewed his former friendship with the
future Major General Mcclellan. Gen. Burn
side, on being appointed Treasurer TO the com
pany, remov ell to New York, where he resided
for some time.
wear ago last spring. while sitting in his
Office in that city, he Was surprised by the receipt
of n telegram from Governor Sprague, asking
him 10 accept the Col0nelcv of the LIST Rhode
Island Regiment In half an hour he was on
his way, aud arrived at Providence early next
morning. The rest is easily told. Our readers
recolect how quickly his regiment was discip-
lined; how his men fought like veterans at the
battle of Bull Run, and when the day went
against them. retired as cOolly as from parade
For his gallant conduct during the bltte. in
which he acted as Briga,iIer General. command
he was appointed Brigadier General by the Presi
dent.