Antique Lithograph Engraving Ambrose E Burnside Vintage Civil War Portrait USN

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Antique Lithograph Engraving Ambrose E Burnside Vintage Civil War Portrait USN:
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Ambrose E Burnside, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Engraved by JC Buttre

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a United States Senator.

As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, as well as countering the raids of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, but suffered disastrous defeats at the Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater.

His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns, derived from his last name. He was also the first president of the National Rifle Association.

Printed on heavy stock showing the imprint of theplate. Page looks like it\'s cut from a book.

John Chester Buttre (10 June 1821 Auburn, New York – 2 December 1893 Ridgewood, New Jersey),was an American steel-plate engraver and lithographer, responsible for some 3000 engraved portraits of American political, naval and military personalities.He published \"The American Portrait Gallery\" in 3 volumes (1880–81)with text by his daughter, Lillian C. Buttre.

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