Burn·side

(bûrn′sīd′), 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).

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Burnside Ambrose Everett

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