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  • He wore whiskers along the sides of his face -- "burnsides," we called them, since General Burnside had made them fashionable -- and had a handlebar moustache.

    Nutrition 2010

  • He wore whiskers along the sides of his face -- "burnsides," we called them, since General Burnside had made them fashionable -- and had a handlebar moustache.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Hooker took command after Burnsides was relieved for the debacle at Fredericksberg.

    Abraham Lincoln… didn’t survive the Civil War, Gore Vidal. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • He fought Burnsides at Campbell's Station about the 17th and

    Diary of Samuel A. Agnew : September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864, 1957

  • Burnsides had retreated to Knoxville, having evacuated the country south of that place.

    Diary of Samuel A. Agnew : September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864, 1957

  • Burnsides had on the field one hundred and thirty-two thousand and seventeen men; of these one hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and eighty-three were in line of battle.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • Burnsides before concentrating his army at any particular place.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • Burnsides, from the nature of the ground, could not handle more than half his army, as by official returns not more than fifty thousand were in line of battle and in actual combat.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • It seems from reports since come to light that the authorities at Washington apprehended more danger in Burnsides crossing the river than in the battle that was to follow.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • Stanton, to write Burnsides to be very careful in the crossing, to guard his flanks well, and not allow Lee to fall upon one part that had crossed and crush it before the other part could come to the rescue; nor allow that wing of the army yet remaining on the Northern side to be attacked and destroyed while the other had crossed to the

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

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