Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
General Burnside Dead.

residence in Bristol. he had beel
slightly unwell for two or three day
, but was in the city last evening. Th
immediate cause of his death wa
spasms of the heart. A telephone mes
sage from the Generals house sum
lnoned Senator Anthony and Dr. Mil
Ter, but before the telephone connection
was broken, a message came that tn,
General was dead.
Gov. Littletield, Senator Anthony
Representatives Chace and Aldrich
and other personal friends, Immediately
started tor Bristol.
GENERAL BURNsIDE's CAREER.
Ambrose Evert tt Burnside was born
atl.iberty, Indiana, May 23i, 1924. lie
graduated at West Point in 1917, and
was stationed at Fort Adams, Newport,
| Il l., and subsequently sent to New
Mexico. where he commanded a squad
ron of cavalry and acted az Quarter.
master in the boundary Commission.
Having invented breech- loading rifle
he resi- Sned his commission in the amy
in 1858 and established factory tor lis
production in Rhode Island. This
proving unsuccessful, he became
Treasurer OF the Illinois Central Rail
road at its Office in New York. In 1861
he was appointed Colonel Of the First
Regiment Of Rhode Island Volunteers,
which marched to Washington four
days after the issuing Of the call by the
President. He commanded brigade
at the battle Of Bull Run, after which
he was made lgadier-General. In
January, 1862, he was placed in COM
mand OF an expedition to Nor b Caro-.
lima and captured Roanoke Island,
New Berne and Beaufort. He WAS re-
called at the close OF the campaign on
| the Peninsula, and ordered to treder-
lcksburg, where he remained until
after the defeat Of Pope at the Second
Bull Run battle. During the reb.l
invasion Of Maryland, Burnside 7as
placed under the command OF McClel-
Ian, gained the battle Of South Noun
tain, .,eptember IA. 1862, commanded
the left wing at Au,irtam, and after
wards one Of the three corps into which
the army was divided.
On Ntv.7 7, he superseded Mcclellan
IN the cOnIuand oi the Army of the
Potomac. He moved from the hapi,. an
to Fredericksburg on the kappahanock,
intending to cross the river At tnat
point and move upon Richmond. But
before he was prepared to cross, Gener-
al Leo had taken poSse,sion of the
heights Oh the opposite bank. Burn
side crossed on December 18th, and on
the next day endeavured 10 force the re-
bel lines His repeated attacks, how
ever, were repulses, and in the engage
nent the Union loss was ! ,l52 killed,
., lOl wounded, 3,234 missin.-l3, 4S7 in
al. The rebel loss WAS 595 killed, A.
o6l wounded, G53 missing-5, 1909 in ali
Several officers of high rank severely
crlllcized his measures, and he asked
that they should be removed, rendering
his resignation of the command in case
they were not. His resignation was ac.
c+pted and lie was succeeded by Grner-
al Joseph +. Hooker, January 26, h, 1865. |
In May he was assigned to the com
mand of the Department of the Ohio,
taking with him two divisions of the |
Ninth Corps, and soon afterwards he |
arrested ClemenU l.. Nallandig ham
for expr, ssing disloyal sentiments.
Early in June the Ninth Corps was
detached from Burnside's command |
and sent to aid Grant at Vicksburg. |
During this absence occurred Morpan'S |
raid, after which Burnside undertook
to free East Tennessee from tue rebels. |
In this he was successful ana received |
lne thanks of Congress- Late in Sep
tember the Ninth Corps was restored to
the command of Burnside. General
Lee had, i'll the meantine, sent Long
street to Tennessee with s.runS ( force
from Virginia. Burnside fe'l back to |
Knox ilIe, where he was besieged till |
the beginning of December, when the
siege was abandoned on the approach |
Of Sherman with u detachment from
Grants army.
Burnside was then relieved from the
command in the W. st, and in January,
1864, again placed in command of the
Ninth Corps, to which % division of
c"lored troops was attached. The orig-
nal design was to send this corps to
North Carolina, but Grant, now in
,hief command, required it in Virginia.
irant having crossed the Rapidau on
May 4th the Ninth Corps followed the
leN' day, and took part in the battles of
he Wilderness Srottsylvania and the
North Anna, May GA. The corps was
low attacked to the Army of the roto.
nae and placed under the immediate
of General Meade, Burnside
yaiving his seniority of rank
In tie subsequent operations, down
q the siege of Petersburg, the Ninth
'orps bore a prominent part. Duriug
he early part Of the siege Rurnsid"'s
ines were close to those # the enemy,
md opposite them was a strong re-
loubt, forming an important part OF
he Rebel deftnce Burnside undertook
o blow up this work by running mine
,eneath il. This was comulet"a in II
nonth and was exploded on june Goth.
'he redollbt was blown up, but the gem
raj assault which was to follow the
xpiosion was not made and the effort
'rOved a total failure, burnside offered
lis resignation, which the President
efused to accept, but gave leave of alb.
ence. He was not arain called into
Give service and resigned from the
rmy April 10, 1860. In 1866 he was
lecied Governor Of Rhode Island, and
e.elected in the following year. In
$40 he was in Europe, and WAS al-
nitted within the German and French
ines in and around Paris. He tried
nettectually, to act as a mediator Ne
ween the belligerents.
General Burnside has already served
ne term in the United States Senate.
n 1875 the Legislature of the State Of
.hode Island elected I'm as the sur
tssor, in the L. S. Senate Of William
prague, Independent. His term ex-
ired March 3, 1881. He was reelected
Y the Rhode Island Legislature, and {
is pre- ent term would not have cx-
ired had he lived, until March 3,
'S7.
General Burnside was a man Of
trik,ng personal appearance ct snave
nd pleasant manners, of good abili-
es, of staunch patriotism and of not % c
tile modesty. His act in waiving the
chit of his seniori y when General Il
.esde came into command Of the army
=. d. Al,