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Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside was born in Liberty on 23rd May, 1824. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1847. He was in the Mexican War but left his commission in 1853. He lived in Bristol, Rhode Island, where he became involved in the making of firearms. In 1856 he invented a successful breech-loading rifle. During American Civil War he became a colonel in the Rhode Island Volunteers. After fighting at Bull Run he was promoted to brigadier general in the Union Army. He served in North Carolina and developed a reputation as a dashing commander and wile he is said to have popularized the fashion of side whiskers or sideburns. He was in the battle of Antetim. After the battle the presedent asked him to take the place of the commander in the army of potamac.
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With a force of 122,000, Burnside, Joseph Hooker, Edwin Sumner, William Franklin attacked General Robert E. Lee and his army of 78,500, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on 13th December. Sharpshooters based in the town initially delayed the Union Army from building a ponton bridge across the Rappahnnock River.
