Ambrose Burnside

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American politician Union Army general United States senator governor human

Ambrose Burnside was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, later serving as governor of Rhode Island and a U.S. senator, and is also remembered for his distinctive facial hair that inspired the term "sideburns."

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Label Occurrences
Ambrose Burnside canonical 15
Ambrose E. Burnside 1
Ambrose Everett Burnside 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Union Army general ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
familyName Burnside ⓘ
fieldOfWork military leadership ⓘ
politics ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
givenName Ambrose ⓘ
hasCauseOfNotability American Civil War service ⓘ
eponym of the word sideburns ⓘ
hasCharacteristic distinctive facial hairstyle ⓘ
prominent whiskers ⓘ
inspiredTerm sideburns ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
notableFor distinctive facial hair ⓘ
notableWork command of Union forces at the Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
command of the IX Corps ⓘ
role in the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
role in the Battle of the Crater ⓘ
service as Governor of Rhode Island ⓘ
service as U.S. Senator from Rhode Island ⓘ
occupation industrialist ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
partOf Commander of the Army of the Potomac ⓘ
surface form: Union Army of the Potomac leadership
positionHeld Governor of Rhode Island ⓘ
United States Senator from Rhode Island ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Burnside Bridge → namedAfter → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Union Army → notableCommander → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg → commander → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ambrose E. Burnside
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → primaryUnionCommander → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Burnside → hasNotableBearer → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Army of the Ohio → notableCommander → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Battle of South Mountain → commander → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island → hasNotableBurial → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
subject surface form: Swan Point Cemetery
Joseph Hooker → predecessorAsCommanderOfArmyOfThePotomac → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Major General Joseph Hooker → servedUnder → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
subject surface form: Joseph Hooker
Campbell’s Station, Tennessee → battleCommandedBy → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside → fullName → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
subject surface form: Ambrose E. Burnside
this entity surface form: Ambrose Everett Burnside
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside → namedAfter → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
subject surface form: Ambrose E. Burnside
this entity surface form: Ambrose Everett Burnside (sideburns eponym)
Union Ninth Corps front → commandedBy → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Union Ninth Corps front → associatedWith → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Federal Army → notableCommander → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Fredericksburg campaign → hasCommander → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
Fredericksburg campaign → commandedByUnionGeneral → Ambrose Burnside ⓘ