"Fighting Joe"
(New respondent) No, that was Joe Hooker.
It was Burnside's whiskers that got the nickname - Sideburns
Ambrose Burnside died on September 13, 1881 at the age of 57.
He was not aggressive enough, particularly in pursuit. He admitted to being unfit for field command.
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.
Yes. Ambrose Burnside was leader of the Union army, and Robert E. Lee was leader of the Confederates. It was a Confederate victory.
Bitter Bierce
He commanded the Army of the Potomac from when McClellan was removed after Antietam (Sept 1862) to when he himself failed to take the Fredericksburg heights, and led his men on the 'Mud March' in December.
Burnsides....or Sideburns
The Union Commander of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg was Ambrose Burnsides
General Burnsides From Rhode Island
Fredericksburg, and it was called the Battle of Fredericksburg
Ambrose McEvoy has written: 'The work of Ambrose McEvoy' 'Ambrose McEvoy' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
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