Burnside's Bridge
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Burnside's Bridge is a landmark on the U.S. Civil War Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, northwestern Maryland. Built in 1836, it played a notable role in the 1862 battle.
Burnside's Bridge, Sharpsburg, MD
Charge of the 51st New York Infantry and 51st Pennsylvania Infantry regiments across Burnside's Bridge, by Edwin Forbes.
Confederate guns on the hill above poured fire into the Union ranks at Burnside's bridge. Photo taken just after the Battle of Antietam, 1862.
1937 commemorative half dollar
Ambrose Burnside
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Ambrose Everts Burnside 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 an inventor
Burnside's Bridge
…Toombs and Henry Benning, for several hours held off repeated attempts by elements of the Union Army's IX Army Corps, whose leader was Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, to take the bridge. The first attempt was by Colonel George Crook's Ohio brigade, partially supported by Edward Harland's brigade of Rodman's Division…
Burnside c. 1880
Mrs. Burnside, Mary Richmond Bishop
General Ambrose Burnside
Burnside (seated, center) and officers of the 1st Rhode Island at Camp Sprague, Rhode Island, 1861