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Ambrose Burnside
Union Major General Ambrose Burnside, whose facial hair inspired the term “sideburns,†served in several key Civil War battles.
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Stand Watie
(born Dec. 12, 1806, Rome, Ga., U.S.—died Sept. 9, 1871) Cherokee chief who signed the treaty forcing tribal removal of the Cherokees from Georgia and who later served as brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the U.
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Stephen Decatur
(born Jan. 5, 1779, Sinepuxent, Md., U.S.—died March 22, 1820, Bladensburg, Md.) U.S. naval officer who held important commands in the War of 1812.
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Abner Doubleday
Union General Abner Doubleday served at Fort Sumter and saw action during the Battles of Second Bull Run and Gettysburg.
(Nov. 7, 1811), victory of a seasoned U.S. expeditionary force under Major General William Henry Harrison over Shawnee Indians led by Tecumseh's brother Laulewasikau (Tenskwatawa), known as the Prophet. The battle took place at Prophetstown, the Indian capital on the Tippecanoe River and the site of the present town of Battle Ground, near Lafayette, Ind. Harrison, who was on a mission to destroy the power of an intertribal defensive alliance being promoted by Tecumseh and his brother, repelled the Shawnee attack and burned the village. Discredited, Laulewasikau fled to Canada.
Although the two sides suffered equal losses, the battle was widely regarded as a U.S. victory and helped establish Harrison's national reputation. In the presidential election of 1840, he successfully used the slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too!”
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