Bust view of Burnside. He wears a double-breasted coat with general’s shoulder straps. Image is clear with very good contrast. The mount remains complete and in good condition. The photographer’s imprint is seen along the bottom edge of the mount. Photographer’s backmark, J. Gurney & Son, New York.

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was a Union soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island. He served as the Governor of Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869, and as a United States Senator for Rhode Island from 1875 until his death.

As a Union Army general in the American Civil War of 1861–1865, 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 the Battle of the Crater.

His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns, derived from his last name. In 1871, he became the first president of the National Rifle Association, holding the office until 1872.

In 1874 Burnside was elected by the Rhode Island Senate as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, was re-elected in 1880, and served until his death in 1881.

Burnside died suddenly of "neuralgia of the heart" (Angina pectoris) at Bristol, Rhode Island, and is buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island.

This image was part of the Ray Richey collection. [jet] [ph:L]

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