His portrait appears on the U.S. $100,000 Gold Certificate.
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Sculpting a Scapegoat: Ambrose Burnside at Antietam
A fresh examination of Major General Ambrose Burnside’s actions at the Battle of Antietam suggests he was made into a scapegoat for others’ failings.
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Daily Quiz for September 26, 2007
He was the organizer of the Non-cooperation Movement:
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Daily Quiz for September 25, 2007
This was the goal of the Throckmorton Plot:
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Battle of the Bismarck Sea
During World War II, the Japanese try to reinforce New Guinea in the South Pacific, only to face the wrath of Allied Air Power – a battle that showed what air power could do to surface vessels running largely without air cover.
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Daily Quiz for September 24, 2007
John Paul Jones proclaimed "I have not yet begun to fight!" from aboard the ship Bonhomme Richard, which he named after this man.
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Daily Quiz for September 23, 2007
This Celtic leader of the Iceni tribe rose up in revolt against the Roman occupation of Britain.
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Daily Quiz for September 22, 2007
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was here when he died:
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Daily Quiz for September 21, 2007
Presidential Executive Order 9066 resulted in this.