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Sidney Burbank
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 Lexington, Massachusetts in October 1807, the son of Lt. Col. Sullivan Burbank, an officer in the US Army since the War of 1812. Sidney Burbank attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating
that is now the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum.
- Carlisle Battery - Named for local attorney and politician John G. Carlisle.
- Burbank Battery - Named for Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Burbank, who was military commander of Cincinnati. (Burbank was promoted to colonel, September 16, 1862.)
- Hatch Battery - Alternately known as Brickyard Battery, it was named for Cincinnati's mayor George H. Hatch.
- Buford Battery - Constructed in 1863 and dually named for Kentucky half-brothers and generals Napoleon Bonaparte