Title: Burnside
First published: 1991
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. In a biography focusing on the Civil War years, William Marvel reveals a more capable Burnside who managed to acquit himself credibility as a man and a soldier. Marvel challenges the traditional evaluation of Burnside as a nice man who failed badly as a general. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: United States, Generals, Campaigns, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army, Biography, History, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaigns, United states, army, officers
Places: United States
People: Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E467.1.B8 M37 1991