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Yes.
He was a modest man, very aware of his limitations, and he twice turned down the top job of commander of the Army of the Potomac.
For some reason, they pressured him into accepting the job, by telling him that it would otherwise go to Joe Hooker, whom Burnside detested.
He did his best, but was genuinely unlucky (even with the weather) and had to be replaced by Hooker after all.
Burnside seems to have been one of the most pleasant and honourable of all the Civil War Generals.
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Burnside was an officer of modest abilities, and he never pretended otherwise. He did not want to be promoted to the level of army commander, but was pushed into it.
His plan for the Battle of Fredericksburg was perfectly sound, but he should have abandoned it when his pontoons went astray, preventing him from crossing the river before Lee had manned the heights. His next move, to try to outflank Lee, was washed-out by torrents of rain.
In the shocking blunder of the Battle of the Crater (Petersburg), Burnside had to take the blame, though it was none of his fault, and he was never given a significant job after that.
Burnside remains one of the most decent and agreeable of Civil War Generals, but history has classified him as one of those 'unlucky' commanders, who are usually judged to be their own worst enemy.
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Was general burnside on the north or south side of the civil war?
he was on the north side he was on the north side
Why did Burnside suffer such high casualties?
Like most Civil War Generals on both sides, he was unaware of what a soldier with the new types of rifles they were equipped with in the war could do to the enemy. Plus General Ambrose Burnside was a terrible general who sent wave after wave of soldiers into battle, even though it was obvious that they had no chance of victory (without a great many casualties). Gen. Burnside was sent home after the failure of the Crater attack on Vicksburg and not recalled back to duty. In WWI, such experiences were repeated; only this time by sending wave after wave of soldiers against the enemy armed with machines guns. The machine guns did the same thing, only much worse than the rifles did in the Civil War.
Why was Ambrose Burnside was famous?
That's funny! that's the topic I did my sixth grade assessment on! Well probably since you don't want to read the whole paper I some it up in three topics you can research further into he was Governor of Rhode island, invented the Burnside carbine rifle (the third most used gun in the civil war) and was a military general which was once in command of the army of the Potomac. Any other questions feel free to ask!
Who replaced McClellan from Supreme Command in 1862?
He was not replaced. Lincoln as Commander in Chief and his "war board" acted as the military's Supreme Command.That is wrongeHe did get replaced by PopeCorrect - He was replaced by Pope, who was not the first choice but the only available choice. Lincoln and his war cabinet retained control over the plans of Pope for a brief time since they were nervous about the general failure of any general they had available to prosecute the war effectively. They finally gave in to bringing McClellan back after Pope proved worse than useless at 2d Manassas. Pope was sent to Minnesota to fight the Souix.
Why was fort sumter an important part of the civil war?
It was the starting point of the Civil War.
Which civil war general were sideburns named after?
Ambrose Burnside
Who was replaced by general hooker in the civil war?
Ambrose Burnside
Who was the civil war military leader after ambrose burnside?
Joseph Hooker
Who replaced general Ambrose in the civil war?
I think you mean Ambrose Burnside. He was replaced by Joe Hooker.
What civil war military leader were sideburns named after?
General Ambrose Burnside.
What civil war general popularized side burns?
The Union General Ambrose Burnside.
Was Ambrose E Burnside a male or a female?
He was a civil war general for the union army during the civil war. i.e. male
What male facial fashion did General Ambrose Burnside start in Civil war?
Side Burns
What side did Ambrose Burnside fight for in the US Civil War?
General Ambrose E. Burnside had just been named by Lincoln as the general in charge of the Army of the Potomac. Burnside replaced the former head of this army, General George B. McClellan.
What did ambrose burnside do before the war?
He was a railroad executive, industrialist and inventor.
What are some quotes that US Civil War General Ambrose Burnside has said?
" If i fall down i will get back up if you push me down i will pull you down with me"
What did Ambrose Burnside do after the Civil War?
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside became the governor of Rhode Island in 1866 and served in that office until 1869. He then went on to represent that state as a US senator from 1874 and died in office in 1881. He was also a president of the National Rifle Association.
