Replaced by Nelson Aldrich in the Senate after his death, he had previously been Governor of Rhode Island.
Replaced by Nelson Aldrich in the Senate after his death, he had previously been Governor of Rhode Island. He was awarded the Thanks of Congress for taking Knoxville, though he required aid from Sherman to hold it, but his mismanaging of the Petersburg Campaign created the "mine" incident at the Battle of the Crater. He drowned the Army of the Potomac in the "Mud March" after failing beyond compare at Fredericksburg. FTP, name this Union general, succeeded by Hooker and the namesake of a style of facial hair.      ---|---          |
Replaced by Nelson Aldrich in the Senate after his death, he had previously been Governor of Rhode Island.
Ambrose Everett {Burnside}