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Ambrose Burnside

American Politician

Born: May 23, 1824

Died: Sep 13, 1881

Country Government Great Rebellion War Will

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If you persist in your purpose of secession, there will be war - a bloody and cruel war. Not only will the North fight, but she will also triumph. The experiment of secession will fail, and the South, in ruin and desolation, will bitterly repent the day when she attempted to overthrow a wise and beneficent government. Ambrose Burnside

War Government Day You Wise Fight Will Experiment Desolation Beneficent Ruin Triumph Only Purpose Attempted Cruel Fail Also She South Repent Overthrow Bloody Persist North Your Secession

So many men have so many times predicted the time of the end of the Rebellion, and been mistaken, that I will not do so now; but I can say it will be very soon, if the old regiments are filled up. Ambrose Burnside

Time Rebellion Old Will Men Say Soon Mistaken Been End Up Very Times Predicted Many Filled Now

The commanding general publishes, for the information of all concerned, that hereafter all persons found within our lines who commit acts for the benefit of the enemies of our country will be tried as spies or traitors, and, if convicted, will suffer death. Ambrose Burnside

Death Enemies Will Country Benefit Our Spies Tried General Concerned Within Commanding Lines Traitors Commit Information Convicted Persons Who Found Suffer Acts Hereafter

I am opposed to the wholesale giving away of the public lands to railroad corporations and other like institutions; at the same time, I believe that the government can encourage, by gifts, great national enterprises which are for the common weal and are so placed that they cannot properly expect local support. Ambrose Burnside

Government Time Great Giving National Believe Other Local Corporations Enterprises Gifts Properly Support Like Institutions Am Opposed Encourage Expect Same Common Same Time Cannot Which Placed Public Lands Public Lands Wholesale Away Railroad

Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State. Ambrose Burnside

Property Constitution Rebellion Remember Soil Down State Soldiers Carolina Citizens About General Laws Put Support Protect His Commanding North North Carolina Being Land Persons Loyal Peaceable Here Desires

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