Ambrose Burnside

On December 15, after a long five day fight the Confederacy won a great victory. The Union suffered just under 13,000 casualties to the Confederacy's 5,300. At the outset of the battle Union general, Ambrose Burnside tried to cross Rappahannock River but was delayed because of the wait for pontoons to arrive, which took 10 days. When they finally did arrive and they started to build along the river, the Union army faced great resistance from Mississippians. Burnside ordered the town to be shelled and using a total war tactic, injured and killed many. When the Union army of Potomac finally did cross the river, they fought at Prospect Hill, where the Confederates had the upper hand on top of a slope, while the Union fought below on muddy…

Lee who is making plans to invade the North with his fellow Generals. He was all too sure that his plan would work on the count of the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside not being as clever as he was when it came too strategizing plans to take down his opponent. General James Longstreet was not sure that Lee’s plan would work for many reasons. On the other hand, Lee’s Confederate Army was on a winning streak of battles so everyone agreed with his strategy to invade the north. Lee was a very…

Ambrose Burnside was born near Liberty, Indiana, on May 23, 1824. He was the son of a court clerk and farmer, but had dreams of being in the army. In 1843 Burnside began his journey by receiving an appointment to west point, a United States Military Academy. To say he had a hard time is an understatement. After nearly being expelled several times, he ultimately graduated in 1847 at the middle of his class - 18th out of 38 students. Burnside began his career in the Army as a Brevet Second…

Ambrose Everett Burnside was a U.S. military general, railroad executive, and political figure. He was born in Liberty, Indiana, on May 23, 1824, and was the 4th of 9 children. He was ranked 18th out of 47 in his class and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847. During the Mexican-American War, he served as an artillery officer. In 1855, he invented the Burnside Carbine, a gun used commonly throughout the Civil War on both sides. He was also the treasurer for the Illinois…

powerful), “how could people choose evil?” Neo-Platonism, as stated before, was the turning point for him. Augustine then had a better understanding of his faith, but the wires weren’t fully connected. Not until he comes across a nameless book, which is apparently synonymous with the Book of Genesis from the Torah and contrary to Manichaeism. This book is the ultimate connector between Neo-Platonism and his Catholic faith, and he finally sees the light. Another important milestone that played…

The history of St. Augustine of Hippo is often limited to his profoundly popular work, the Confessions. This is precisely why James J. O’Donnell wrote his biography on the life of Saint Augustine. The thesis of this work is to delve beyond the legend, and expounds upon the daily life and public actions of Augustine. James J. O’Donnell surely has the credentials to write on this topic, given that he based this book on the corse that he taught at Yale University, which is also the university from…

Book X marks the transition in the Confessions from autobiography to the direct analysis of philosophical and theological issues. It is also noteworthy that the length of the Books begins to increase dramatically here (Book X is more than twice the length of most of the previous Books). Although this is a sudden transition in form and content, Augustine is following an underlying structure. This structure depends mainly on his view (which is not explicitly mentioned in the work) that the story…

A few notable autobiographies existed in Europe before Rousseau published the Confessions, but his work in many ways represented an entirely new literary form. Although works such as St. Augustine’s own Confessions (a.d. 397) had previously been widely read and celebrated, religious works of that kind differed greatly from Rousseau’s own, since they sought to convey an inspirational story of religious virtuosity. By contrast, Rousseau’s Confessions sought to bare the entire life of its author…

Augustine’s Confessions demonstrates the conversion of a man from sin to piety. While Augustine credits God’s hand for his transformation, another man guides Augustine’s conversion as well. Though unknowingly, Alypius’ influence on the life of Augustine prompts him to better himself, inciting purpose in his search for truth which in turn leads to his conversion. Despite Augustine’s many claims of interactions and signals from God, Alypius’ youth and innocence, his more modest sin, and his…

Augustine’s Confessions Book III Response In Book Three of Augustine’s Confessions, Augustine recounts what he considers to be the lowest point in his life, the “climax of [his] enjoyment(CH1)”. He recalls how malicious influences continued to haunt him, and that even when he found good influences, he found something in them inexcusably dissatisfying. Augustine is now around the age of eighteen and in Carthage. He has fallen even farther down the slippery slope of lust and sinful indulgence,…