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Ambrose Burnside

1824 - 1881

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Ambrose Everts Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor and industrialist. He achieved some of the earliest victories in the Eastern theater of the Civil War, but was then promoted above his abilities, and is mainly remembered for two disastrous defeats, at Fredericksburg (December 1862) and the Battle of the Crater (July 1864, during the Siege of Petersburg). Although an inquiry cleared him of blame in the latter case, he never regained credibility as an army commander. Burnside was a modest and unassuming individual, mindful of his limitations, who had been propelled to high command against his will. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ambrose Burnside is the 13,240th most popular politician (down from 11,086th in 2019), the 5,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,030th in 2019) and the 476th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Ambrose Burnside ranks 13,240 out of 19,576. Before him are Dianne Feinstein, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Gustaf Åkerhielm, Hugh VIII of Lusignan, Shigeru Kayano, and Nofret II. After him are Phormio, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Artatama II, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, and Alfrēds Rubiks.

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Among people born in 1824, Ambrose Burnside ranks 59. Before him are Alexander William Williamson, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Alexey Bogolyubov, Wilhelm Hofmeister, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, and Ōmura Masujirō. After him are Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Theodor von Heuglin, Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, and Lőrinc Schlauch. Among people deceased in 1881, Ambrose Burnside ranks 66. Before him are Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Jane Digby, Robert Mallet, Ercole Dembowski, Mary Seacole, and Andrei Zhelyabov. After him are Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Florian Ceynowa, Theodor Benfey, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Salvador Jovellanos, and Gustav von Alvensleben.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ambrose Burnside ranks 5,859 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Gordon (1953), Rob Bourdon (1979), Paul Morrissey (1938), John Garfield (1913), Dizzy Reed (1963), and Matt Schulze (1972). After him are Bill Tuttle (1882), Titus Welliver (1962), Haskell Curry (1900), Sam J. Jones (1954), Richard N. Frye (1920), and Walter Sutton (1877).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ambrose Burnside ranks 476. Before him are Roger Sherman (1721), George Andrew Reisner (1867), Gina Raimondo (1971), Emily Donelson (1807), Helen Herron Taft (1861), and Dianne Feinstein (1933). After him are Gus Hall (1910), Chuck Hagel (1946), John Lynch (1952), Jay Garner (1938), Lucretia Garfield (1832), and Oliver North (1943).

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