United States Military Veteran. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point when he was sixteen years old. He graduated from the academy in 1829, 41st in his class (the same class as Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston). He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry. He served in the Indian Campaigns in the Southern States until he resigned his commission on March 31, 1833. He was prevented by his health to take an active part of soldiering during the Civil War, but he helped to organize the "Burnet Rifles". He then thoroughly equipped the men and personally trained and drilled them into becoming soldiers for the cause of the Union Army. Several of the men went on to become officers and were distinguished for their service in the field. In 1862, Burnet was appointed as the president of the Western Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission throughout the remaining years of the war. He died at his residence on Grandin Road near Cincinnati when he was 91 years old. He was the third son of Judge Jacob Burnet, a prominent citizen of Cincinnati. He is entombed in his family's vault, his name cannot be seen from the outside.
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United States Military Veteran. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point when he was sixteen years old. He graduated from the academy in 1829, 41st in his class (the same class as Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston). He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry. He served in the Indian Campaigns in the Southern States until he resigned his commission on March 31, 1833. He was prevented by his health to take an active part of soldiering during the Civil War, but he helped to organize the "Burnet Rifles". He then thoroughly equipped the men and personally trained and drilled them into becoming soldiers for the cause of the Union Army. Several of the men went on to become officers and were distinguished for their service in the field. In 1862, Burnet was appointed as the president of the Western Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission throughout the remaining years of the war. He died at his residence on Grandin Road near Cincinnati when he was 91 years old. He was the third son of Judge Jacob Burnet, a prominent citizen of Cincinnati. He is entombed in his family's vault, his name cannot be seen from the outside.
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