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5/2/08
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Ambrose Burnside
He was elected to three one-year terms as Governor of Rhode Island (May 1866 to May 1869).
Fashion trendsetter brought us side burns. Many still rue the day.
Ambrose Burnside
He was elected to three one-year terms as Governor of Rhode Island (May 1866 to May 1869).
Fashion trendsetter brought us side burns.
Ambrose Burnside, soldier & RI gov & senator among other things, Burnside park named after him as are sideburns.
This is General Ambrose Everett Burnside from Rhode Island. There is a park named after him in Kennedy Plaza with a statue of him.
The man is General Ambrose Burnside. He was governor of Rhode Island 3 times.
Could it be famed Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, for whom sideburns were named? He was famed also for his tenacity at the Battle of Antietem - his company fought so fiercely to take a bridge that the bridge is now named in his honor.
is it general ambrose burnside? he was the rhode island governor and a US senator whose style of facial hair sideburns are named after.
General Ambrose Burnside, Civil War general for the union, governor of Rhode Island. Some sources say the sideburn is named after him.
General Burnside: "father of sideburns", nice house on Benefit Street, statue in park at Kennedy Plaza
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RonInRI
General Ambrose Burnside
General in Civil War
Statue in Kennedy Plaza - which was moved
Sideburns named after him
This is a photo of Civil War General Ambrose Burnside of Rhode Island, who fought in many famous Civil War battles. After the war he became Governor of RI, and later Senator. he is buried in Swan Point cemetry in Providence and tehre is a statue of him in Kennedy Square. The familiar term "sideburns" was coined from Burnsides' name, after the unusual way he grew his beard.
General Burnside. Civil War general. "Sideburns" where named after him.
Cliff
The photo is of R.I native Ambrose Burnside: politician, possibly the worst Union General in the Civil War (though there was much competition for the title), and his name was given to the muttonshop whiskers of which he was famously vain.
General Burnside was once governor of Rhode Island
Is it Oliver Hazard Perry. Born in South County and US Navy Commander????
This is General Burnside. The statue of him seated on a horse is in Burnside Park in downtown Providence. Also, the term "sideburns" came from the mustache that he sported.
Looks like General Ambrose Burnside. His house is on Benefit Street, there is a bridge named after him in Antietam, Maryland where his troops were butchered for hours on end by the Confederate Army, he was the first president of the National Rifle Association, and he is buried over in Swan Point Cemetery.
Must be general Burnside..what was his first name...checking RORY RAVEN's new book...Ambrose. General Ambrose Burnside. Owned a mansion on Benefit Street. He was a crummy general and Rory suspects we get the term "sideburns" from his distinctive look.
English clergyman and founder of the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams (1603 - 1683)
English clergyman and founder of the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams (1603 - 1683)
English clergyman and founder of the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams (1603 - 1683
This is General Ambrose Burnside. He was a Union Army Genral from RI and was defeated in the Battle of Fredricksburg. There is a statue of him in Providence.
That would be Ambrose Burnside - famous Rhode Island general in the Civil War - whose house still stands on Benefit Street - and whose facial hair, once known as "the Burnside," is now called sideburns . . .
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He was Ambrose Burnside. Known for his facial hair called sideburns.
He was a General in numerous wars and Governor and Senator of RI. There is a park downton with his stature in it.
He was Ambrose Burnside known for his facial hair called sideburns. He was a General in numerous wars and Governor and Senator of RI. There is a stature of him in the downtown park in Providence.
That's General Ambrose Burnside! Look at them sideburns. He was was a general of the Confederate "Right Wing" during the Battle of Antietam, Civil War. I only recently realized he was a native of RI (i.e. Burnside Park in Kennedy Plaza), but he's known for the famous Burnside Bridge battle in Maryland.
This is a photo of General Ambrose Everett Burnside -- who, after a less than illustrious Army career, was elected Governor of Rhode Island, and then Senator of Rhode Island. He was also the first president of the National Rifle Association. He was known as a "simple and honest", "frank, cordial and modest" man.
His unusual facial hair -- trimmed to connect from his ear to his moustache was termed "burnsides", which was then changed to the modern term: "sideburns".
Major General Ambrose Burnside, Commanded IX Corps for the Union during the Civil War (Anteitam)
This is a picture of General Ambrose Burnside who was a governor and senator of RI. Sideburns are named after him.
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This is General Ambrose Burnside who served in the Civil War. You can find his statue in Burnside Park in downtown Providence
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