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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.
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What year did Union General Ambrose E Burnside graduate from West Point?
Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside was part of the West Point class of 1847. He was ranked 18th in his class of 38 graduates.
Who was the general who lost at the Battle of Fredericksburg?
It was General Ambrose Everett Burnside (Union Army).
How were sideburns named?
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.
Who clashed with general ambrose?
That could mean Ambrose Burnside or Ambrose P. Hill.
Who was the union general at fredricksburg?
Ambrose Burnside
Who replaced general mcCLellan?
Ambrose Burnside
Who was the union commander from whose name sideburns became a term for long whiskers?
Ambrose Burnside
Was Burnside part of the union or confederates?
Ambrose Burnside was a Major General of the Union Army.
What general did Ambrose Burnside replace?
George McClellan
What side did Ambrose Burnside fight for in the US Civil War?
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.
Which civil war general were sideburns named after?
Ambrose Burnside
Where did general ambrose burnside go to college?
He went to harvard
