General Ambrose Everett Burnside was a Union general in the American Civil War most famous for being literally inconceivably incompetent, appearing in the novel "Book of Heroic Failures" in which he describes the many, many occasions in his military career in which he failed miserably in an epic way. He once had an over 9000% chance of success and stunningly managed to fail. Burnside also appeared in the "Book of Famous Celebrities 1800's" in which he discusses what he plans to do with his new invention: Sideburns. The style soon caught on, and quickly died shortly after.