1861 - 1863 | Ambrose Burnside, a Union General from Bristol, Rhode Island, personally experiences the highs and lows of war while fighting Confederate forces in the American Civil War.

My Favorite Books on this Topic:

History of the Rhode Island combat units in the Civil War (1861-1865) by Harold R. Barker

Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing by Gerald M. Carbone

The Rhode Island Home Front in the Civil War by Frank J. Williams and Patrick T. Conley

*Map image from Rhode Island Boundaries by John H Cady.

To learn more about this episode go to The Story of Rhode Island website