Maj. General Ambrose Burnside, Biography | Ken Burns: The Civil War

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General Ambrose Burnside Civil War Antietam George McClellan West Point sideburns Union Eastern Theater Confederates Battle of Fredericksburg Mud March trench warfare Burnsides mine General Grant National Rifle Association biography Ken Burns America
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History-Social Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Maj. General Ambrose Burnside, Biography | Ken Burns: The Civil War

Learn about the life and roller-coaster military career of Union General Ambrose Burnside. His actions would have a major impact on the Civil War, and his distinctive muttonchop whiskers would inspire a new term to describe facial hair, called "sideburns."
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