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PORTRAIT OF GEN. IRVIN MCDOWELL,

TAIL-PIECE CASTLE PINCKNEY,

HEAD-PIECE - BIRD FEEDING HER YOUNG,
HEAD-PIECE-WATER SCENE,

PORTRAIT OF COM. L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH,

IN THE GALE OFF HATTERAS (full page),
ATTACK ON THE CONFEDERATE FORTS BY THE UNION FLEET
AT ROANOKE ISLAND (full page),

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- FLAT-BOATS USED IN TRANSPORTING TROOPS, HEAD-PIECE-BURNSIDE'S HEADQUARTERS AT ROANOKE Island, ATTACK ON THE CONFEDERATE BATTERY AT ROANOKE ISLAND

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HEAD-PIECE-GENERAL BURNSIDE'S HEADquarters at NEWBERN,

PORTRAIT OF GEN. JOHN G. Foster,

HEAD-PIECE BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS,

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PORTRAIT OF Gen. Geo. B. MCCLELLAN,

Portrait of ĠEN. JOHN Pope,

TAIL-PIECE-A CANNON IN THE MOUNTAINS,

HEAD-PIECE - A WOOD SCENE,

PORTRAIT OF GEN. JESSE L. Reno,

PORTRAIT OF GEN. J. D. Cox,

HEAD-PIECE - THE STONE Bridge at ANTIETAM,
THE CHARGE AT ANTIETAM (full page),
HEAD-PIECE-FREDERICKSBURG IN 1863,

THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG (full page),
TAIL-PIECE-A SMALL HOWITZER,

HEAD-PIECE LANDSCAPE,

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TAIL-PIECE — Method of CARRYING A Shell,

HEAD-PIECE THE SCENE OF LONGSTREET'S ATTACK ON FORT

SAUNDERS,

PORTRAIT OF "PARSON" W. G. BROWNLOW,

BURNSIDE'S HEADQUARTERS AT KNOXVILLE, TENN.,

THE OLD WHIG" OFFICE,

SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE,

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EDGHILL," RESIDENCE OF GENERAL BURNSIDE, BRISTOL, R. I., TAIL-PIECE MILITARY CAP,

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EDIFICE IN WHICH GENERAL BURNSIDE'S REMAINS LAY IN STATE,

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THE SCENE OF OPERATIONS AT KNOXVILLE, TENN.,
MAP OF THE BATTLE-FIELD of SpoTTSYLVANIA,
MAP OF THE BATTLE-FIELD OF COLD HARBOR,

THE SCENE OF OPERATIONS AROUND PETERSBURG,

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GENERAL BURNSIDE'S CHARACTERISTICS- ANCESTRY-THE WHIGS AND THE TORIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA BANISHMENT AND CONFISCATION - JAMAICA INDIGO PLANTATIONS GRANTED TO THE EXILES AMNESTY AND RETURN-SLAVERY IN SOUTH CAROLINA-EMIGRATIONS TO FREE TERRITORY-EARLY COURTS

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MBROSE E. BURNSIDE was a valiant soldier, a sound-hearted citizen, and a useful statesman. Living, after he had attained his manhood, in an heroic age, he was alike earnest in the performance of duty, spotless in reputation, loyally patriotic, and faithful in his friendships. Born and reared among the primeval forests of what was then 66 the far West," he rose from an humble sphere of life to high commands in the armies of the Union, and subsequently to leading positions in the state of his adoption and in the national councils. The purity of his motives, the strength of his judgment, his unconquerable will, his indomitable courage, his unstudied yet forcible eloquence from a heart filled with belief, his

* From a sketch by B. S. Fosdick, Esq., of Liberty, Ind.

gracious presence and his dignified courtesy, were only eclipsed by his genial, affectionate, trusting disposition. He made loving kindness the guide of his life; - no wrong was done him that he did not forgive, neither did he shrink from assuming the responsibilities of defeat, rather than throw upon others the blame that justly belonged to them. His form and features will be transmitted to future generations by painters, by photographers, and by sculptors, and his career, from the breaking out of the Rebellion until his untimely death, is chronicled on interesting pages of the Nation's history. It is now proposed to record, with his public life, his ancestry, his family connections, his early struggles for fame, and his private life, so rich in christian virtues, liberal sentiments, social courtesies, and generous hospitalities. These personal incidents have been obtained from General Burnside's surviving relatives and friends, while the public archives have supplied copies of important documents, hitherto unpublished, illustrating his public life and services.

Robert Burnside (the great-grandfather of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside), was a native of Scotland, who had, with his brother Joseph, followed the fortunes of Prince Charles Edward, until the final defeat of the "Young Pretender" at Culloden, in 1746. They then sought an asylum in South Carolina, where Robert settled on the bank of the Saluda River. Marrying Rebecca Dodson, a native of Huddersfield, in England, he became a successful planter, and was the father of three grown-up sons,named James, Robert, and Joseph,- when the American colonies declared themselves free and independent. South Carolina this revolutionary action did not receive the united support of the people, and — strange to relate— nearly all of those who had become exiles from Scotland

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for the part which they had taken against the reigning house of Brunswick, enlisted under the royal flag, and drew their swords in the defense of the cause of "their loyal sovereign, his most gracious majesty, King George." The war was bitterly waged, and as the Whigs and the Tories alternately triumphed, reciprocal injuries sharpened their resentments, and armed neighbor against neighbor— brother against brother. Robert Burnside, who was an Episcopalian, was loyally devoted to "the King, the Church, and the Constitution," but he was too far advanced in life to take up arms, and he died soon after the commencement of the sanguinary struggle. He was sustained by his oldest son, James, but his sons Robert and Joseph entered the revolutionary army, serving under Gen. Francis Marion, known as "the Swamp Fox," and afterwards in the "Light Horse Legion," commanded by Col. Henry Lee. Joseph was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Guilford, and after peace had been declared he migrated to Kentucky, where he located near Nicholasville, and was killed by the Indians in the spring of 1790. His brother Robert followed him to Kentucky in 1789, and became noted as a successful farmer, and an ardent political supporter of Andrew Jackson, crossing the Alleghanies on horseback to witness the inauguration of "Old Hickory" in 1829. The descendants of Robert and of Joseph Burnside now reside in Kentucky.

James Burnside (the grandfather of Ambrose E. Burnside), inherited the loyalty of his father, which was strengthened by his marriage to the daughter of James Edghill, an Englishman by birth, who commanded one of the twenty-one regiments of loyal South Carolinians. James Burnside served as a captain in this regiment, and when it became certain that the royal cause was hopeless,

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