What is Ambrose Burnside?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox Person | name = Ambrose Everett Burnside | other_names = | image =Ambrose Burnside - retouched.jpg | imagesize =220px | caption =Ambrose Burnside | birth_name = | birth_date =23 May 1824 | birth_place =Liberty, Indiana | death_date =13 September 1881 | death_place =Bristol, Rhode Island | death_cause = | known = | occupation = General, Governor, Senator | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = }} '''Ambrose Everett Burnside''' (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an [[Americans|American]] [[soldier]], [[railroad]] [[executive]] and [[politician]].<ref name=abHIST>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/ambrose-everett-burnside |title=Ambrose Burnside |website=History |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> He served as [[governor of Rhode Island]] (1866-1869) and [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Rhode Island]].<ref name=abHIST/> As a [[Union Army]] general in the [[American Civil War]], he fought successful campaigns in [[North Carolina]] and East [[Tennessee]] but was defeated in the disastrous [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] and [[Battle of the Crater]]. Burnside commanded the [[IX Corps]], the [[Department of Ohio]], and also the [[Army of the Potomac]] for a few months.<ref name=abCWT>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/ambrose-burnside.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ |title=Ambrose E. Burnside |publisher=Civil War Trust |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> His distinctive style of facial hair is now known as [[sideburns]], derived from his last name.<ref name=abBIO>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/ambrose-burnside-9232219 |title=Ambrose Burnside Biography |website=Bio |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |access-date=October 12, 2016 |archive-date=July 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718025815/http://ww