Inventory
Series 1. Military Related Items
Items in this series highlight Burnside's military career.
- chair and saddle
- field glasses
- military seal, 1862
- powder horn
- sword with sheath
- sword without sheath
- sword
- Burnside muzzle loader patent, 1857
- Burnside's field desk
- Burnside's money/document box
- commemorative medal, 1862
- epaulets
- field binoculars
- mess kit
- roll of company G.2nd R.I. volunteer, 1861
- stirrups
- telescope
Series 2. Certificates and Medals
- certificate of promotion, 1862
- certificate of recognition, 1869
- certificate of recognition, 1886
- completed template of Samuel A. Taylor's record, noting his enlistment, rank, company, and discharge, 1877
- appointment signed by R.I. Governor William Sprague, 1861
- badges worn at the laying of the Burnside Memorial, 1883
- commission signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1861
Series 3. Printed Material
Items in this series include published books, pamphlets and programs, letters, etc.
- book: the Life and Public Services of Ambrose E.Burnside
- Burnside funeral article, 1881
- collection of papers
- Burnside's coat of arms
- four business cards
- sales receipt, 1914
- book: The Life of General A.E.Burnside, 1884
- pamphlet:Union Forever
- rogram:Burnside Memorial Reception, 1983
- letterbook
- invitation to clambake with envelope, 1875
- letter, 1876
- stationery of General Burnside
Series 4. Visual Material
Items in this series include photographs, drawing, postcards, and other images on paper.
- Burnside's coat of arms
- framed picture of a horse
- framed picture of men, 1887
- illustration of Burnside with horse
- photograph of front view of Fort Sedgwick, 1865
- photograph of Fort Sedgwick showing bomb proof of 7th Rhode Island, 1865
- photograph of interior of Fort Sedgwick, 1865
- sepia-toned portrait of Burnside
- black and white portrait of Burnside
- postcard of Burnside's home
- Burnside's coat of arms
- framed picture of Libby Prison, 1863
- framed picture of ships, 1864
- group with General Burnside on the Summit of Mt.Washington
- photograph of Mary Richmond Bishop Burnside
- photograph of Mrs. A.E. Burnside
- picture of Burnside's family in horse and wagon
- steel engraving of General A.E. Burnside
- steel engraving plate
- six portraits of Burnside (two dated 1861)
Series 5. Household Items
This series includes clothing, furniture, tableware, etc.
- candle stick holder
- pieces of broken furniture
- Burnside chair
- Burnside table
- handkerchief and two buttons
- pieces from china place setting
- hat
- silverplated cup, spoons, and forks
- box, with ties, containing hay and bottles
- black wooden cane
- purple necktie
- purple ribbon, 1881
- white bust of Burnside
- brown wooden cane, 1881
- wallet containing coins and papers