Union general Ambrose Burnside sporting his distinctive facial hair, which was originally called burnsides in his honor until the two syllables were flipped, creating the term sideburns
Can you identify these famous Civil War figures based on their distinctive facial hair? (For the answers, hold your mouse over the photo or scroll to the bottom of the post. For the full image, click on the photo.)
1. Hint: President of the United States of America, 1861–1865
2. Hint: President of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865
3. Hint: Commanding general of the U.S. Army and later president of the United States
4. Hint: Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and earlier superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy
5. Hint: Union general famous for his “scorched earth” policy and the capture of Atlanta; succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war in 1864
6. Hint: Confederate general famous for his roles in the Valley Campaign and the Battle of Chancellorsville
7. Hint: Union general famous for leading the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac and defeating Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley
8. Hint: Confederate general famous for commanding the Confederate Army of the Potomac and for his roles at Fort Sumter and in the First Battle of Bull Run
Answers
1. Abraham Lincoln; 2. Jefferson Davis; 3. Ulysses S. Grant; 4. Robert E. Lee; 5. William Tecumseh Sherman; 6. Stonewall Jackson; 7. Philip Sheridan; 8. P.G.T. Beauregard
For more photos of impressive Civil War facial hair, look through Fold3′s collection of Brady Civil War Photos.