Burnside, Ambrose Everett
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Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824–81) Union general, governor of Rhode Island (1866–69), and U.S. senator (1875–81), born in Liberty, Indiana. As a brigadier general of volunteers, Burnside captured Roanoke Island and New Bern on North Carolina coast; while commanding the left wing at
Antietam (1862), his failure to move quickly contributed to Gen.
George B. McClellan's defeat. He replaced McClellan as commander of the
Army of the Potomac (a position he had twice declined earlier), but was relieved of command in early 1863 after the unsuccessful
Fredericksburg campaign against Gen.
Robert E. Lee (December 1862). During the siege of
Petersburg, Burnside's corps in the Army of Potomac was badly defeated at the
Battle of the Crater (1864); he was blamed for the defeat by a Court of Inquiry and resigned in April 1865.
Sideburns is an alternation of Burnsides' name; he had very large sideburns himself.
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The man behind the sideburns; BILLY KENNEDY traces the mercurial career of American Civil War general AMBROSE EVERETT BURNSIDE, whose family roots were in North Antrim and who gave his name to sideburns.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 10/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...a marked feature of Ambrose Everett Burnside, highly colourful...senator. Side-whiskered Burnside, whose portrait hangs...of battle. Ambrose Everett, an imposing six...Plantation years. The Burnsides lived at Macfin-Seacon...believed to be Ambrose Everett's ...
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Burnside was just a bad commander
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Gen. Ambrose Burnside is more famous for his sideburns than his effectiveness...Liberty(MAP) Misfortune followed Civil War Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside wherever he went. Born May 23, 1824, in Liberty...
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Was Burnside an incompetent or a victim?(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/13/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...the last summer of the war, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside would leave his mark on history. At Sharpsburg...the area, but now etched in history as Burnside Bridge. On Sept. 17, 1862, Burnside would pit his 9th Corps - more than 11...
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A celebration of the Ulster-Scots.(News)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 6/5/2004; 550 words
; ...STAFF ER SOUTH Antrim MP David Burnside has a very special reason to...politician is a direct descendant of Ambrose Everett Burnside, a distinguished Union Army...1718. On Thursday night, David Burnside hosted an Ulster-Scots evening...
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A style for every story
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 10/12/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Lorraine Henderson Tracy, author of humorous novels for young women, one-time fiancee of the real-life General Ambrose Everett Burnside, whom she jilts at the altar, and eventual wife of a well-known professor of philosophy. Her novels are...
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Man without a country. (Flashback).
Magazine article from: The American Enterprise; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...atrocious. General Ambrose Burnside had just been demoted...from the humiliation, Burnside declared that war critics...s point, General Burnside ordered the orator arrested...inspiration for Edward Everett Hale's short story...
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POTPOURRI; MISTAKE WITH A PISTOL ENDED FAMED CAREER
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 7/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Vallandigham was arrested by order of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, the commander of the military's Department of Ohio...country where Lincoln was president inspired Edward Everett Hale to write the short story The Man Without a Country...
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Golf Results Men
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 5/21/2007; 571 words
; ...60. BARNWELL PARK: Stableford: D Burnside (21) 38 cb. BEVERLEY PARK: Medley...MANLY: CCR 74 2B: P Miller (18) D Everett (14) 45. Indiv: P Miller (18) 41...22) R Harris (32) 43. WYONG: Snr Ambrose: R Steel J Mitchell A Dunn V Edgar...
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Ambrose Everett Burnside
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ambrose Everett Burnside 1824...Dec., 1862, Burnside asked President...or to remove Burnside himself. Lincoln...was relieved. Burnside was elected governor...thus the term burnsides or sideburns...
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Burnside, Ambrose Everett
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824–81...general of volunteers, Burnside captured Roanoke Island...siege of Petersburg , Burnside's corps in the Army...is an alternation of Burnsides' name; he had very...
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U.S. Civil War
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...commanders of the Army of the Potomac. He replaced General George B. McClellan with General A. E. (Ambrose Everett) Burnside, but when Burnside faltered, Lincoln appointed General Joseph Hooker commander. Hooker proved no better. His attempt...
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