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Ambrose Burnside
was an
American
soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from
Rhode Island
, serving as
governor
and a
U.S. senator
. As a
Union Army
general
in the
American Civil War
, he conducted successful campaigns in
North Carolina
and
East Tennessee
but was defeated in the disastrous
Battle of Fredericksburg
and
Battle of the Crater
. His distinctive style of
facial hair
is now known as
sideburns
, derived from his last name.
Photo credit:
Mathew Brady
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