MUSTACHE WEDNESDAY: AMBROSE BURNSIDE

by Holly Anderson on Sep 23, 2009 11:08 AM EDT

Meet Ambrose Everett Burnside: Union Army general, inventor of sideburns (seriously), and possessor of one fine and fluffsome 'stache for the ages.

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Happy Mustache Wednesday, motherfuckers!

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and, let’s not forget, architect of the fredericksburg disaster.

by kleph on Sep 23, 2009 11:14 AM EDT reply actions

obviously my demand has not been met

as such, i will boycott edsbs until landry jones receives the recognition he so rightfully deserves – i expect all sooners to join me in my noble quest

and by boycott, i mean “still read, but begrudgingly”

by okiedomer on Sep 23, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions

Okiedomer, we’re actually just waiting on a truly glorious picture of Landry’s ’stache. It deserves better than the photos we have now.

by Orson Swindle on Sep 23, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Fabulous Jones’s stache may be, but Burnside’s is why God created facial hair.

by Biggus Rickus on Sep 23, 2009 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

He was apparently well-liked by the men, and didn’t engage in the political intrigue that infected the Union Army in 1862… but we was a crummy general. Great, great whiskers though. Sideburns is of course a rearrangement of ‘Burnsides’.
This history lesson brought to you by the letter M.

by Nothsa on Sep 23, 2009 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

On a side note, is Landry Jones named after Tom Landry and Jerry Jones?

by Biggus Rickus on Sep 23, 2009 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

orson-

i appreciate you addressing my concerns, and i’ve called off the boycott – you are a true diplomat and statesman of the blogosphere

if i run across any such pictures, i will harumphharumph them to you

thanks again

by okiedomer on Sep 23, 2009 11:27 AM EDT reply actions

and for the record, i do recognize burnside as having one of the greatest achievements in american mustachedom

by okiedomer on Sep 23, 2009 11:30 AM EDT reply actions

kleph, interesting, but I always thought that was Longstreet.

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Sep 23, 2009 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

“Mustachedom.” I love it.

by Holly on Sep 23, 2009 11:35 AM EDT reply actions

I had a math professor who had a slightly shorter version of that exact facial style. Georgia Tech is a wonderful place.

by wfguiteau on Sep 23, 2009 11:37 AM EDT reply actions

I hate that it is a yankee general that you chose for praise on Mustache Wednesday… but i will play along… Looking at the reliable facts from the god-breathed man-interpreted wikipedia page, Burnside did the same as the Gators by defeating a weak Tennessee… I skipped the Gamecock home opener because i wanted to see a blow out, but i was disappointed by a boring game… Gainesville was though.

by Cocky Scar on Sep 23, 2009 11:43 AM EDT reply actions

I think EDSBS is just waiting on Landry’s to finish growing in. It will be real… and SPECTACULAR.

by BoBo on Sep 23, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

Biggus…

You’re wrong. Dana Jacobson is why God created facial hair.

by DirkDawggler on Sep 23, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

It figures that you would use one of the worst generals in American history as your mustache Wednesday.

by Daviehamsufferer97 on Sep 23, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

burnside was the civil war’s version of al groh

by Kevin@LSU on Sep 23, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions

bigger fan of general hooker and what was named after him. no, not a rugby reference…..

by jd on Sep 23, 2009 1:57 PM EDT reply actions

Burnside clearly has the credentials for the honor bestowed upon him here. However, I was almost certain that one of the gentlemen seen in the SportsCenter Top 10 (#8 to be precise) would have been today’s mustache hero.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4496592

by Never Saw Molly Hatchet on Sep 23, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions

Actually, Burnside was known for downing a bottle of rotgut and shouting “A propitious mustache midweek to you, you grit-gobbling curs!” Then he’d douse his chin beard in vomit. That’s why he started shaving that part.

by Eric on Sep 23, 2009 3:20 PM EDT reply actions

Burnsides even went so far as to tell Lincoln he was unfit for the role of commander. Say what you want about him being a blockheaded incompetent, at least he was honest enough to admit it.

But damned if he wasn’t God’s Own Idiot. Even his best ideas turned into fiascos. See “Battle of the Crater.”

Sullivan013

by sullivan013 on Sep 23, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions