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Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1824-81
US soldier and senator
Born in Liberty, Indiana, he commanded a brigade at Bull Run, and in 1862 captured Roanoke Island. His corps was repulsed with heavy losses in the Battle of Antietam later that year. Commanding the army of the Potomac he crossed the Rappahannock to attack Robert E Lee near Fredericksburg, but was driven back with a loss of morethan 10,000 men (1862). In 1863 he successfully held Knoxville, and in 1864 led a corps under Ulysses S Grant through the battles of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. He was elected US senator in 1875. He gave his name to a style of side-whiskers called 'burnsides' (now 'sideburns').
Bibliography: Ben Perley Poore, The Life and Public Services of Ambrose E Burnside (1882)
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