Burnside assigned the task of layout out the cemetery to his assistant quartermaster , Captain E.B.
Knoxville National Cemetery was established by Major General Ambrose Burnside , whose Union forces had liberated Knoxville in September 1863 at the height of the Civil War .
Major General assigned the task of layout out the cemetery to Ambrose Burnside 's assistant quartermaster , Captain E.B.
Knoxville National Cemetery was established by Major General Ambrose Burnside , whose Union forces had liberated Knoxville in September 1863 at the height of the Civil War .