Burnside [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Burnside [origin of place name]

Burnside [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Named after Gen. Ambrode Burnside, commanding the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War.

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[Source: Osseo News, April 29, 1937.]