April 5, 2024
CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES GENERAL BURNSIDE HAMPTON GALL CALL
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PART OF THE LARGE CIVIL WAR COLLECTION I AM SELLING FROM AN ESTATE. THIS IS A CIVIL WAR PIECE WITH 3 DIFFERENT SIGNATURES: AMBROSE BURNSIDE, WADE HAMPTON AND I AM UNABLE TO VERIFY THE LAST ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE WILKINSON CALL. THESE ARE ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER MEASURING 8.25 X 6.75 INCHES. HAS IRREGULAR LEFT EDGE. MOST LIKELY WAS TAKEN OUT OF ANOTHER DOCUMENT. POSTAGE $3 IN THE USA. Name BURNSIDE, Ambrose Everett Born May 23 1824, Liberty IN Died September 13 1881, Bristol RI Pre-War Profession Tailor, graduated West Point 1847, Mexican war, frontier duty, resigned US Army 1853, businessman, militia officer. War Service 1861 organised 1st Rhode Island - Col., commanded a brigade at First Bull Run, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, led expeditions against the North Carolina coast, New Berne, March 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Left Wing at Antietam, ordered to command Army of the Potomac November 1862, Fredericksburg, commanded Dept. of the Ohio, Knoxville, commanded IX corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Crater, relieved of command, resigned April 1865. Post War Career Governor, businessman, US senator. Notes An unwilling commander of the Army of the Potomac. On the Internet U. S. Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside Further reading Marvel, William Burnside Chapel Hill, University
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