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Ambrose Burnside Civil War Essay

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Ambrose Burnside: The Civil War Ambrose E. Burnside’s attack on Richmond, Virginia led to disaster during the Civil War causing the Union to lose the Battle of Fredericksburg (Encyclopedia Virginia.com). As a result, Burnside was relieved of his war duties, but he was only temporarily removed. After his catastrophic attack at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Burnside was able to get another job in his previous duties in being the leading general in the Battle of the Crater. But, alas, Burnside was once again relieved of his duties. This time, permanently, due to his failure in the Battle of the Crater (Encyclopedia Virginia.com). Ambrose E. Burnside was born on May 23, 1824 in Liberty, Indiana to his father, Edghill Burnside, and his mother, …show more content…

Another thing he did was command a number of Corpses. Burnside was also offered General McClellan’s job two times before McClellan was relieved of his duties during the Battle of Fredericksburg. With McClellan relieved of his duties, Burnside was able to take over his job (Civil War Education). Except, choosing Burnside to take McClellan’s place was not really a good idea because, Burnside did not do a better job than …show more content…

This is why it is called the Battle of the Crater. From the beginning, everything deteriorated rapidly for the Union attackers (Civil War Battlefield). Unit after unit of the Union charged into and around the crater the blow made (Civil War Battlefield). The Confederate side quickly recovered and launched several counterattacks led by Major General William Mahone (Civil War Battlefield). The counterattacks defeated the Union soldiers and led to another failure for Burnside causing him to, once again, be relieved of duties (Civil War Battlefield). Burnside retired because of his multiple failures in the Civil War (Civil War

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