Burnside, Ambrose (Everett)
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died Sept. 13, 1881, Bristol, R.I.
A graduate of West Point, he was promoted to major general in 1862 and replaced George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac; he was himself replaced after the Union loss at the Battle of
Fredericksburg. He resigned in 1864 after the "Burnside mine" fiasco in the Petersburg Campaign, when a mine explosion intended to damage Confederate troops resulted in heavy Union losses. He was governor of Rhode Island (1866–69) and a U.S. senator (1875–81). He originated the fashion of side whiskers, later known as "sideburns."
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Burnside,Ambrose Everett — Burn·side (bûrnʹsīd ), Ambrose Everett. 1824 1881. American general and politician known more for his side whiskers (or sideburns) than for his career in the Union Army, which included defeats at Fredericksburg (1862) and Petersburg (1864). * * * … Universalium
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