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    Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil...
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  • Burnside carbine was a breech-loading carbine that saw widespread use during the American Civil War. The carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose...
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    advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Major General Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek...
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  • jazz trumpeter Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913), American author Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), American general and namesake of sideburns Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini...
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    combat, between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E....
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    a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle...
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    many structural changes during its existence. The army was divided by Ambrose Burnside into three grand divisions of two corps each with a Reserve composed...
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    in turn Maj. Gens. Irvin McDowell, George B. McClellan, John Pope, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker, and George G. Meade to command his principal eastern...
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    to the Army of Northern Virginia. Union Army forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside occupied Knoxville, Tennessee, and Confederate States Army forces under...
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    intense of the Civil War. Supporting attacks by Warren and by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside were unsuccessful. Grant repositioned his lines in another attempt...
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    Major General Ambrose Burnside, commander of the Department and Army of the Ohio, began to advance against Knoxville, Tennessee. Burnside left Cincinnati...
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    of 1847, he made new friendships, in particular with Henry Heth and Ambrose Burnside. Hill continued to suffer from the effects of the STI for the rest...
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  • primarily by New England and North Carolina troops under Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and assisted by the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Captain...
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  • rifle association voted to have Union general Ambrose Burnside as its first president. Church succeeded Burnside as the second president of the organization...
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    was located in the town. The town was named after civil war general Ambrose Burnside. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total...
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    Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, also known as the Ambrose Burnside Monument, is a monumental equestrian statue in Providence, Rhode Island, United...
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    offensive by Union Major General Ambrose Burnside and his Army of the Potomac in January 1863 during the American Civil War. Burnside had been repulsed by the...
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    Battle of Roanoke Island (category Burnside's North Carolina Expedition)
    gunboats under Union Army control, and an army division led by Brig. Gen. Ambrose Burnside. The defenders were a group of gunboats from the Confederate States...
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  • Look up Burnside or burnside in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Burnside may refer to: Burnside Ridges, Oates Land City of Burnside, a local government...
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    elect the Governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Republican Governor Ambrose Burnside won re-election against Democratic nominee Lyman Pierce in a rematch...
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    sideburns the same thickness, as worn by the man they are named for, Ambrose Burnside. Many men throughout history have sported a walrus moustache. In Germany...
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    Major General Ambrose Burnside defeated Democratic nominee Lyman Pierce. On election day, 4 April 1866, Republican nominee Ambrose Burnside won the election...
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    civilians. Examples included the large muttonchop sideburns popularised by Ambrose Burnside, and variants of the full beard named after Verdi and Garibaldi. The...
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  • his forces the Army of the Cumberland. On 25 March 1863, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside assumed command of the Department of the Ohio headquartered in Cincinnati...
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    his army into three wings for the attacks on the passes. Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, the Right Wing, commanded the I Corps (Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker) and...
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    Battle of New Bern (category Burnside's North Carolina Expedition)
    as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War. The US Army's Coast Division, led by Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside and accompanied...
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    claim their share of responsibility for delays (such as Ambrose Burnside's misadventures at Burnside Bridge) and blunders (Edwin V. Sumner's attack without...
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    General James Longstreet attack Union troops led by Major General Ambrose Burnside at Campbell's Station (now Farragut), Knox County, Tennessee, during...
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    short and neatly cropped to the distinctly massive "muttonchops" of Ambrose Burnside (who gave the term its original name). Sidewhiskers Related to sideburns...
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  • Commanding Generals, U.S.A. Robert Anderson Don Carlos Buell John Buford Ambrose Burnside Edward Canby Philip St. George Cooke Darius N. Couch Thomas Turpin...
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