Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881), was a Union general in the American Civil War. His name has become a part of
the language because he popularized a style of beard. His habit of shaving his chin and allowing whiskers to grow on the sides of his face gave rise to the term burnsides, which later became sideburns.
When the American Civil War broke out, Burnside became a colonel of a Rhode Island volunteer regiment. He
commanded the brigade that opened the first Battle of Bull Run (also called Manassas). Later, Burnside led an expedition that seized points along the North Carolina coast. As a major general, Burnside commanded a corps in the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Antietam. He succeeded General George B. McClellan as
commander of that army after the battle. He met defeat in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862. Relieved of command, he served in Ohio and Tennessee. In 1864, he became a corps commander in Virginia.
Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana, U.S.A. and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. In 1853, he began to manufacture a breech-loading rifle he had invented. After the war, he engaged in railway activities. Burnside was governor of Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869, and a U.S. senator from 1875 to 1881.
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