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Bookmark or Share- Ambrose Burnside ‑ General, President & Civil War - HISTORYAmbrose Burnside (1824-1881) was a U.S. military officer, railroad executive and politician best known for serving as a Union general during the Civil War (1861-65).
- Ambrose E. Burnside (1824–1881) - Encyclopedia VirginiaAmbrose E. Burnside was a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Instantly recognizable for his bushy sideburns (the term itself is derived from reversing his last name), Burnside was one of four men to command the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.
- Ambrose Burnside - WikipediaAmbrose Everts Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil War and three-time Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor and industrialist.
- Burnside carbine - WikipediaThe Burnside carbine was a breech-loading carbine that saw widespread use during the American Civil War. The rather peculiar Burnside cartridge. The carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose Burnside, who resigned his commission in the U.S. Army to devote himself full-time to working on the weapon.
- Ambrose Everett Burnside | Civil War, Rhode Island, Union Army - BritannicaAmbrose Everett Burnside (born May 23, 1824, Liberty, Ind., U.S.—died Sept. 13, 1881, Bristol, R.I.) was a Union general in the American Civil War and originator in the United States of the fashion of side whiskers (later known as sideburns).
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