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Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside was a Major General of the Union Army.
Major General Ambrose Burnside
ANSWER No, he was an Union General.
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside
Robert E. Lee (confederate) and Ambrose Burnside (union)
He led the Union Army, he led the Union of a bridge (now named Burnside's bridge) to attack the Conferderacy
General Ambrose Burnside was the commander of Union's IX Corps. About noon he attacked the Confederate right flank and managed to drive back Longstreet's Confederate units to the southern end of Sharpsburg. The battle was decisively going in favor of Union Army. But Confederate division under General Ambrose P. Hill, coming from Harper's Ferry stroke the Federals in the flank driving back them to Antietam Creek, saving Lee's army and ended the battle.
Ambrose Burnside