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Union General Ambrose Burnside Framed CDV

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Union General Ambrose Burnside Framed CDV
<B>Union General Ambrose Burnside Framed <I>Carte de Visite</B></I></B></I><B> Taken by D. Appleton.</B></I> The image is matted, with the visible portion of the CDV measuring 2.25 x 4. The entire piece is framed to an overall size of 7.75" X 9.75". A brass nameplate underneath the image reads GENERAL AMBROSE BURNSIDE / USA 1824-1881. Burnside was a railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, but was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)