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 and industrialist.
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, July 3, 1864. July 3, 1864. Major-General MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac: I have delayed answering your dispatch until I could get the opinion of…
CONFIDENTIAL. HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, July 4, 1864. July 4, 1864. Major-General MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac : GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, July 26, 1864. July 26, 1864. Major-General HUMPHREYS, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your notes of this morning…
CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, July 29, 1864. I. The mine will be exploded to-morrow morning at 3.30 by Colonel Pleasants. General Potter will issue the necessary orders to the…
“HEADQUARTERS NINTH CORPS, July 30, 1864. “July 30, 1864. “Brigadier-General WHITE, “Chief of Staff: “T have no discretion in the matter. The order is peremptory to withdraw. It may be…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, Battery Morton, July 30, 1864. General MEADE: Your dispatch by Captain Jay received. The main body of General Potter’s division is beyond the crater. Ido not…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, August 6, 1864. August 6, 1864. THE SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES, Washington : Whilst I have the greatest respect for the officers composing…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, August 9, 1864. August 9, 1864. THE CouRT OF INQUIRY, MAJOR-GENERAL HANCOCK, PRESIDENT: GENTLEMEN: I beg to submit to the Court that all testimony, whether by…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, August 9, 1864. August 9, 1864. THE CouRT OF INQUIRY, MAJOR-GENERAL HANCOCK, PRESIDENT: GENTLEMEN: I beg to submit to the Court that all testimony, whether by…