Burnside
By: William Marvel.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Chapel Hill; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9780807819838
Subjects: Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Generals -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Description: Ambrose Burnside, the Union general, was a major player on the Civil War stage from the first clash at Bull Run until the final summer of the war. He led a corps or army during most of this time and played important roles in various theaters of the war. But until recently, he has been remembered mostly for his distinctive side-whiskers that gave us the term "sideburns" and as an incompetent leader who threw away thousands of lives in the bloody battle of Fredericksburg. This biography focusing on the Civil War years reveals a more capable Burnside who managed to acquit himself credibility as a man and a soldier.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-493) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : The river; title: Arm'd year : year of the struggle; title: The Carolina shore; title: My Maryland; title: Winter of discontent; title: Chants of Ohio; title: Twice across the Cumberland; title: Again Virginia's summer sky; title: Epilogue : The undiscover'd country