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Ambrose E. Burnside is born near Liberty, Indiana
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Ambrose graduates from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point near the middle of his class and is commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 2nd Artilerary.
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Ambrose resigns his commission in the U.S. Army and organizes Bristol Rifle Works in order to manufacture his invention, the Burnside Carbine.
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Burnside is commissioned Colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteers.
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Burnside and his 1st Rhode Island Volunteers participate in the First Battle of Manassas
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Burnside is appointed Brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers.
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Brigadier General Ambrose captures Roanoke Island and North Carolina.
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Burnside captures Newbern, North Carolina.
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Ambrose is promoted to Major General
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Ambrose commands Army of Potomac's Ninth Corps at the Battle of Antietam. He is criticized by his commander George B. McClellan, for being too slow to attack.
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Ambrose accepts the command of the Army of the Potomac, after twice declining the promotion.
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Michigan Calvalry Brigade was formed in Washington D.C., made up of the 5th. Michigan, Colonel Freeman Norvell commanding, the 6th. Michigan, Colonel George Gray, commanding and the 7th. Michigan, Colonel William D. Mann, commanding. The Brigade was under the command of General Joseph T. Copeland. The 1st. Cavalry was added to the command at a later date.
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Robert E. Lee and the army of Northern Virginia crushes Burnside and The Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg in one of the most lopsided defeats of the war.
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Burnside replaced by Joseph Hooker as the commander of the Army of Potomac.
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Burnside is assigned command of the Department of the Ohio.
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Custer becomes General of Michigan Cavalry.
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Battle of Huntsman takes place.
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Burnside liberates the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, from Confederate control.
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5000 men calvalry raid confederacy capital
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Burnside leads a reorganized and reinforced Ninth Corps from fighting in Tennessee back to the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.
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The Michigan Cavalry took this as a major raid.
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A battle that ended with the capture of 80 confederate soliders.
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Close call for the cavalry, were extremely engaged.
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Burnside leads the Ninth Corps to defeat at the Battle of the Crater outside Petersburg, Virginia. After the battle, Burnside is releaved of his command.
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Mounted a series of powerful attacks againest Lee's forces on septermber 17th. Confederates get trapped in the sunken road, and lose alot of confederates. But reinforcements come to help and push back the Union army and the bloodiest day in war ends up being a draw.
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Last major engagement between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.
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Burnside, once commander of the Army of the Potomac, resigns his volunteer commission.
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They return for Grand reviews of Armies.
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Troops return home.
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Burnside is elected governor of Rhode Island and serves three one-year terms.
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Burnside begins his first term in the U.S. Senate representing Rhode Island.
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Burnside is reelected to the U.S. Senate representing Rhode Island.
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Burnside dies of heart disease in Bristol, Rhode Island.