Burnsides is buried, alongside his wife, in Swan Point Cemetery on the east side of the city.
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| I have no idea what the significance of this is -- perhaps representing the sinking of the state of Rhode Island |
Burnsides Park in Providence - and Ambrose himself
Local Providence boy who made (semi-) good, Burnsides' name is most widely known for two things: his unique style of whiskers appropriately named "burnsides," and a small bridge spanning Antietam Creek in Maryland, where on a particularly hot day in September of 1862 a fairly large number of Union men went to their death attempting to force a crossing.
Burnsides is buried, alongside his wife, in Swan Point Cemetery on the east side of the city.
Burnsides is buried, alongside his wife, in Swan Point Cemetery on the east side of the city.
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