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Ambrose Burnside
(1824–1881) was an
American
soldier and politician from
Rhode Island
, serving as governor and a
United States Senator
. As a
Union Army
general
in the
American Civil War
, he conducted successful campaigns in
North Carolina
and
East Tennessee
and countered the
raids
of
Confederate
General
John Hunt Morgan
, but suffered disastrous defeats at the Battles of
Fredericksburg
and
the Crater
. His distinctive style of
facial hair
became known as
sideburns
, a term derived from his last name.
Photograph:
Mathew Brady
; restoration:
Michel Vuijlsteke
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Template:POTD
Picture of the day archives
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2015 May
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2015 May 22
2015 May 24
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Picture of the day
Ambrose Burnside
(1824–1881) was an
American
soldier and politician from
Rhode Island
, serving as governor and a
United States Senator
. As a
Union Army
general
in the
American Civil War
, he conducted successful campaigns in
North Carolina
and
East Tennessee
and countered the
raids
of
Confederate
General
John Hunt Morgan
, but suffered disastrous defeats at the Battles of
Fredericksburg
and
the Crater
. His distinctive style of
facial hair
became known as
sideburns
, a term derived from his last name.
Photograph:
Mathew Brady
; restoration:
Michel Vuijlsteke
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