This man patented a breech-loaded carbine and in his early career, he was wounded during a raid on Apache Territory in New Mexico.
This man was succeeded in his position as senator by a man, who co-sponsored a bill with Edward Vreeland that established the National Monetary Commission. This man patented a breech-loaded carbine and in his early career, he was wounded during a raid on Apache Territory in New Mexico. In his function as a military leader, this man stymied John Hunt Morgan's raid in Ohio and was responsible for the arrest of Clement Valladingham. As commander of the IX Corps, this man led a futile bridge crossing during the Battle of Antietam. During the Wilderness campaign, this first president of the NRA's black soldiers were replaced with untrained white soldiers, resulting in a disastrous defeat at the Battle of the Crater. A three-term governor of Rhode Island after the Civil War, he had earlier led the disastrous "Mud March" and after replacing McClellan as commander of the Potamac, he was routed by Lee at Fredericksburg. For ten points, name this Union general, whose last name was twisted into a common name for a type of facial hair.
This man was succeeded in his position as senator by a man, who co-sponsored a bill with Edward Vreeland that established the National Monetary Commission.
Ambrose Burnside