Burnside
Americannoun
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Gen. Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac, “but if the couchant lion postpones his spring too long, people will begin wondering whether he is not a stuffed specimen after all.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
“People are scared,” says Melissa Kono, the elected town clerk in Burnside, Wisconsin.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
Wearing body cameras, he and brother Clancy Bundy and cowhand Cache Burnside ride hard on horseback roping bulls across the scrubby range, aided by the family dog, Kaylie.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
In April, a formerly unhoused man participating in the mission’s long-term shelter program was sorting through piles of donations at the mission’s Burnside Shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023
And so he replaced Ambrose Burnside as Commander of the Army of the Potomac.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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