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With the collapse of the Confederacy
in April 1865, Union Major General Ambrose Burnside—infamous for the Union
debacle at Fredericksburg and the Crater fiasco at Petersburg—resigned his
commission on April 15, closing a checkered military career. The 1847 West
Point graduate returned to civilian life.
Burnside dove into industry, becoming
president of several emerging railroad companies. He was elected governor of Rhode Island for
three one year terms beginning in 1866.
In 1871, Burnside became a co-founder
of the National Rifle Association becoming the groups first president.
In 1874, the affable Burnside was
elected to the U.S. Senate, winning re-election in 1880. He chaired the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee until his sudden heart attack death on September 13, 1881,
in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Treasure Legends of the Civil War
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