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Ambrose Burnside
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Union Military
| July 21, 1861 | (First) Manassas (Confederate)
(First) Bull Run (Union) About 25 miles southwest of Washington the first major battle of the Civil War pits Irvin McDowell [US] against P. G. T. Beauregard [CS] and Joe Johnston [CS]. |
Virginia |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| First Manassas - First Bull Run | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Irvin McDowell | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| John B. Gordon | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| Samuel Garland | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| February 7, 1862 February 8, 1862 |
Battle of Roanoke Island
Ambrose Burnside captures Roanoke Island with an amphibious force, taking some 2,765 Confederates as prisoners |
North Carolina |
| February 10, 1862 | Securing Roanoke Island, Ambrose Burnside's navy destroys a small squadron of Confederate vessels in Pamlico Sound. | North Carolina |
| March 14, 1862 | Battle of New Bern (sometimes called Newberne)
Ambrose Burnsides [US] captures the city |
North Carolina |
| July 6, 1862 | Major General Ambrose Burnside leaves North Carolina by boat and heads to Harrison's Landing | |
| August 4, 1862 | Ambrose Burnsides [US] arrives at Aquia Creek. As they arrive his men are sent forward to join John Pope [US] | |
| John Pope | ||
| September 2, 1862 | General John Pope is replaced by Ambrose Burnside, following the disaster at Second Bull Run, combining the Army of Virginia with the Army of the Potomac under George McClellan | |
| George McClellan | ||
| John Pope | ||
| Antietam | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| November 7, 1862 | Ambrose E. Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, relieving George B. McClellan | |
| George McClellan | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| November 14, 1862 | Ambrose Burnside reorganises the Army of the Potomac command structure into three Grand Divisions with the Right Grand Division under Major Edwin Vose Sumner, Central Grand Division under Joe Hooker and the Left Grand Division under William B. Franklin | |
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| William B. Franklin | ||
| December 13, 1862 | Battle of Fredericksburg
General Ambrose Burnside and the Army of the Potomac is soundly beaten by Lee's Army of North Virginia. |
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| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Fredericksburg | ||
| William B. Franklin | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| John Reynolds | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| January 20, 1863 January 22, 1863 |
Ambrose Burnside searches for another crossing of the Rappahannock. This is known as the "Mud March" | |
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| January 25, 1863 | Abraham Lincoln relieves General Ambrose Burnside [US} from command of the Army of the Potomac, replacing him with General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker. | |
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| January 26, 1863 | In a letter to Joe Hooker, President Lincoln states that Hooker "...thwarted him (Burnside) as much as you could..." | |
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker | ||
| March 25, 1863 | Ambrose Burnside ordered to command the Department of the Ohio | |
| April 13, 1863 | Ambrose Burnside issue General Order 38 in which he stated "anyone found guilty of committing acts for the benefit of the enemies of our country will be subject to execution." | |
| Clement Vallandigham | ||
| May 29, 1863 | Ambrose Burnside offers his resignation over the Vallandigham affair. Lincoln refuses. | |
| Clement Vallandigham | ||
| June 1, 1863 | Ambrose Burnside orders the Chicago Times to close because of the paper's anti-Lincoln rhetoric. | Illinois |
| June 4, 1863 | Abraham Lincoln suggests the ban on the Chicago Times be lifted and Edwin Stanton orders Ambrose Burnsides to do it | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Edwin Stanton | ||
| September 2, 1863 | Ambrose Burnside occupies Knoxville | Tennessee |
| November 16, 1863 | Battle of Campbell's Station, Knoxville
Ambrose Burnside [US] withdraws following an attack by James Longstreet [CS]. |
Tennessee |
| James Longstreet | ||
| Siege of Knoxville | ||
| November 17, 1863 December 4, 1863 |
Siege of Knoxville | Tennessee |
| James Longstreet | ||
| Siege of Knoxville | ||
| November 28, 1863 | Ulysses S. Grant orders William Tecumseh Sherman to advance on Knoxville and relieve Ambrose Burnside | Tennessee |
| Siege of Knoxville | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| November 29, 1863 | Battle of Fort Sanders (earlier known as Ft. Loudon or Loudoun) | Tennessee |
| Battle of Fort Sanders | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Siege of Knoxville | ||
| December 9, 1863 | Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command (Department of the Ohio). | |
| July 30, 1864 | Battle of the Crater or Crater Battle
After blowing explosives at the end of a 586-foot tunnel which in turn ignited four magazines, Union troops advance to the Crater at Petersburg. After 4 hours, though, they are forced to withdraw. |
Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg |
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