he was on the north side he was on the north side
the american side
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.
hey was from the east side yah see
The Union General Ambrose Burnside.
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.
Side Burns
Side-whiskers. They became 'sideburns'.
General Ambrose Burnside gave his name to the side burns.
Northern General Ambrose Burnside; namesake of today's "side-burns" (facial hair).
Union (North)
The Union side had General Ambrose Burnside The Confederacy had General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson or Thomas Jackson