Union General Ambrose E. Burnside graduated from West Point in 1847. He ranked 18th among a graduating class of 38 cadets. Burnside had a long and distinguished career during the US Civil War and served for a time as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Two situations, however,were embarrassing for him. The loss at Fredericksburg which caused many Union casualties and his blunder during the Siege of Petersburg, in the infamous Burnside tunnel tragedy.
Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside was part of the West Point class of 1847. He was ranked 18th in his class of 38 graduates.
It was General Ambrose Everett Burnside (Union Army).
General Ambrose Everett Burnside from the Union Army wore side whiskers with a moustache, while shaving the hair on his chin. This style was known as Burnside's. The word then became burnsides, and then sideburns.
That could mean Ambrose Burnside or Ambrose P. Hill.
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside was a Major General of the Union Army.
George McClellan
General Ambrose E. Burnside had just been named by Lincoln as the general in charge of the Army of the Potomac. Burnside replaced the former head of this army, General George B. McClellan.
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside