Ambrose Burnside, Union general of the American Civil War, (c1880). Artist: Unknown

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Ambrose Burnside, Union general of the American Civil War, (c1880). Burnside (1824-1881) commanded the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg, suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of General Robert E Lee with over 12,000 casualties. His distinctive facial hair gave rise to the term 'sideburns'. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.

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