Sidney Burbank
Sidney Burbank | |
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Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Allegiance |  United States of AmericaUnion |
| Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1829 – 1870 |
| Rank |  Colonel Brevet Brigadier General |
| Commands held | 13th Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second Seminole War American Civil War |
Sidney Burbank (October 1807 – December 7, 1882) served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. For a time he led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
Pre-war service
Burbank was born in
Early Civil War service
Burbank was promoted to
Service with the Army of the Potomac
Colonel Burbank joined the
Service in Kentucky
Burbank's health was poor, and in the winter of 1863-1864 his eyesight was failing. Burbank left the Army of the Potomac for less demanding assignments.[5] (The regulars were made part of a brigade under Ayers in General Charles Griffin's first division V Corps.) Thereafter Burbank commanded a draft rendezvous in Columbus, Ohio and the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry in Kentucky until the end of the war, as well as the Newport Barracks in the Department of Kentucky.[6]
On April 10, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Burbank to the rank of brevet brigadier general, U.S.A. to rank from March 13, 1865 and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on May 4, 1866 [7] He rebuilt his regiment, as well as serving on boards and commissions, until he retired in May 1870. Burbank lived in Newport, Kentucky until he died on December 7, 1882, of an intestinal blockage.[8] He is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[9]
Burbank's son, Capt. Sullivan Wayne Burbank, died of wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness.[10]
See also
Notes
- Houghton Mifflin, p. 80, retrieved January 31, 2012
- ^ Reese, Sykes' Regular Infantry, p. 206.
- ^ Pfanz, Gettysburg - the Second Day, pp. 297-301. Map 12-2 on p. 292.
- ^ OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, vol 27, Part 1, Page 97.
- ^ Reese, Sykes' Regular Infantry, p. 206.
- ^ War of the Rebellion, part II, vol. 49, p. 546.
- ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- ^ Reese, Sykes' Regular Infantry, p. 355.
- ^ "Judge Civil War Generals" (PDF). The Spring Grove Family. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ Reese, Sykes' Regular Infantry, p. 310.
References
- Boatner, Mark M., Civil War Dictionary, New York, D. McKay Co. [1959]. ISBN 0-8071-0822-7
- Eicher, John H. and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Pfanz, Harry W., Gettysburg – The Second Day, University of North Carolina Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8078-1749-X.
- Reese, Timothy J., Sykes' Regular Division 1861-1864, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1990. ISBN 0-89950-447-7
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
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