Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-15
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who IL Gen. Rnrnsldn, the New
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General Ambrose Everett BurdsiJc wns
born in Liberty Union County Indiana, On
the 23d Of May. 1864, and Is nov ID lhe vig0r
Of manhood he is Of Scotch desceht, his
grandparents having emigrated 70 South
Carolina, where his father was born and pFac
ticed law with great success, having married
South Carolina lady In 1921 he dispoeed
Of his property in the Palmetto State, and
removed TO Southern Indiana, where be filed
several local offices and became Judge Of the
Circuit Court n
The son, when eighteen years Of age was
admitted into West Point, Military Academy,
and in ls47 graduated in the artillery, 81.
teenth in a class Of forty seven. His rank OF
Brevet Second Lieutenant in the Second Ar
tillery was exchanged the following year for
that Of full Second Lieutenaney in the Third
ARTILLERY At the time of his graduation from
West Point bis regiment was in Mexico, and,
joiring it.at Vera Cruz, he went, with Patter-
sons column, to the City Of Mexico, which
city they reached after SCOTS triumphal
entry
On the promulgation Of peace, he was or
dered to Newport, r. / and served at that
post until the spring Of l849, when he went
to New Mexico, having been attached to
Bragg's famous battery as First Lieutenant,
For three years he was in the exciting service
Of skirmisr.ng against the war like Indian
tribes Of New Mexico, and in several perious
| fights displayed such dauntless courage as TO
earn the highest encomiums from his superb
or oflicers
! He was recommended to President Fill
more for promotion, but resigned from the
service before receiving the reward to which
he was fairly entitled. In the winter of 1850
| 81 he served as Qartermater on the Boundary
Commission, which ran the line between Mex.
leo and United States, and in September, 81
came across the plains as bearer Of dispatches
from Colonel Graham to the President With
an escort of only three men he started from
the Gila River on perilous-trip through the
Indian country, but fortunately passed through
unmoested, travelling 1900 miles in the in
crediby short time of seventeen days. This
| is the fastest mule travel on record. While at
Fort Adams, Newport, he resigned from the
service, having invented breech'loading
carbine
With view of manufacturing it, he set
tied in Bristol, r. l., and invested his prop.
erty in it on the strength of a verbal con-
tract with the traitor Floyd, who found it an
easy matter 10 rum the poor hieuVeHhuI-
Lieutenant Burnside then tried his fortune
in Chicago, and entered the employment Of
the Illinois Central Railroad, where he re-
newed his former friendship with the future
Major General Mcclellan General Burnside,
on being appointed Treasurer to the com
pany, removed to New York, where he re-
sided for some time
A year ago last spring while sitting in
his office in this city, he was surprised by the
receipt of telegram from Governor Sprague,
asking him to accept the Colonelcy Of the
First Rhode Island Regiment In half an
hour be was on his way, and arrived at
Providence early the next morning. The
rest is easily told, Our readers recolect
how quickly his regiment was disciplined
how his men fought like veterans at the
battle Of Bull Run, and when the day went
against them, retired as coolly as from pa.
rade For his gallant conduct during the
battle, in which he acted as Brigadier Gene.
raj, commanding the second brigade Of Gene
raj Hunters division, he was appointed
Brigadier General by the President-Nelc
York Times.