Ambrose Burnside was in the US Army. He was a soldier then a general, and later became a politician. In the middle of City Hall Park, also known as Burnside Park, is a statue. Certainly the statue...

The equestrian statue at the center of Burnside Park in downtown Providence is Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881). Soldier, industrialist, inventor and politician, he served as the Governor of...

The unusually bushy hair on the sides of his face became known as sideburns a play on his last name, and late in life he became the first president of the National Rifle Association. He was...