Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-14
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acter. They were ferryboats turned into 1 gunboats; old lake boats into transports, and I river boats fitted with port holes On Jan- ! uary II this strange fleet of vessels filled I Hampton Roads. Commodore Louis NJ. I Goldsborough was put in command of the ! fleet and ordered to cooperate with General Burnside. The land forces under the com mand of General Burnside amounted to six
 teen thousand men, These troops were put on board the fleet and it set sail It was two ! weeks before they all anchored in Pamlico Sound, as they had been much scattered by storms along the coast. On February 7th ac- ! tive operations were begun which eliminated ' in the capture of Roanoke Island, Newborn and Beaufort. In this series of victories six forts were captured, and public property to the amount of $2, 900, OOO
 In May, 1862, he was made Major General of United States Volunteers, and placed in command of the Ninth Army corps at New port News and Fredericksburg, where he re- mained until after the defeat of Pope at the second battle of Bull Run General Burnside was placed under General Mcclellan during the Confederate invasion of Maryland, and in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam he commanded the left wing Afterward he commanded one of the three corps into which the Union army was divided He was engaged in the general charge ct Harper's Ferry in 1862.
 On November z, 1862, he superseded Gen
 
 of the Potomac. He intended to cross the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg and move on to Richmond, but General Lee took pos- session or the heights on the opposite side before he could accomplish his purpose On December 12th he crossed, however, and on the 18th endeavored to force the reb- el lines He made repeated attacks, but failed with loss of 1,152 killed and more
 than 12,000 wounded and missing. The Confederate total loss was about half that
 amount. His campaign was merciessly crit
 icised by several officers of high rank, and
 he asked that they be removed or as an alter
 native that his resignation be accepted The
 resignation was accepted on January 26th.
 1863, and General Hooker succeeded him.
 In May of that year he was assigned to the department of the Ohio with two divisions of the Ninth corps. While on duty there he arrested c. L. Vallandigham for treasonable sentiments. The Ninth corps was needed by General Grant at Vicksburg, and the troops were taken from General Burnside and sent thither. While he was shorn of his strength Morgan made his famous raid General Burnside determined to free Tennessee of the Confederates, and was very successful in his campaign. For this notable service he received the thanks of Congress
 In September the Ninth corps returned to his command. Longstreet had arrived in Tennessee with @ large body of troops Gen. eral Burnside was forced to fall back to Knoxville, and was subjected to siege which lasted until December, when the approach of General Sherman gave him relief. General Burnside was then relieved of his command in the West.
 In 1864 he was again assigned to the Ninth corps and took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, To- lopotomy and Bethesda Church in the Rich mond campaign. The corps took a promi- nent part in the siege of Petersburg General Burnside's lines were close to those of the enemy, and opposite him was a strong re- doubt. A mine was planned, executed and blown up on June 30. But the assault which was to follow was not made, and the redoubt, which was very strong position, was not taken. General Burnside, chagrined at the failure, offered his resignation to President Lincoln, but he would not accept it. He was, however, granted leave of absence, and was not again called into active service On April 15, 1865, he resigned from the vol unteer service
 He engaged in the occupation of civil en- gineer Tn 1865, was president of the Cincin- natl and Martinsville railroad and of the Rhode Island Locomotive works.
 In 1866 he entered political life by being elected Governor of Rhode Island. He was reelected in '67 and '69. He visited Europe in 1870 and was admitted within the German and French lines in and around Paris. He acted as medium of communication between the two hostile nations in the interest of peace.
 He was elected to the United States Sen ate, from Rhode Island, as Republican, to succeed William Sprague, and took his seat on March 4, 1875. His term expired on March 3, 1881, and he was reelected for ,erm which would have expired in 1SS7 The Governor will fill the vacancy by appoint nent until the meeting of the Legislature.
 General Burnside's popularity was very not hot oTon fha cold fha,o ole of Rhode Island and in the Senate While lot great statesman, he was a safe adviser, md his honesty never rested even under suspicion. One of his marked traits was his nodesty, which always induced him to shun my display and even to avoid the personal at entions which his position brought to him. The nation will mourn for him as a gallant oldier, and in Rhode Island he will be re- nembered as one of her most honored and pest loved citizens.