Trivia #2 Burnside's Success (12/3/2012)

[Trivia Master]

Tonight's Civil War Trivia Question Value: 10 points, 1 bonus point goes to the player with the first answer. This question will be open until Tuesday between 9 and 10pm EDT, when another question will be posted! As usual: Please do not post your answers anywhere but in this forum!
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Despite numerous battlefield failures, what one successful venture was General Ambrose Burnside famous for?
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Post your answer below. Good Luck!

 

[TerryB]

Enhancing his collection of silver spoons?

 

[adisciu9]

Carolina's campaign capturing roanoke island, new bern, fort mason and beaufort

 

[FrazierC]

Operations on the North Carolina coast?

 

[blwhite]

The manufacture of the Burnside carbine

 

[Erad]

will you accept multiple guess answers? like....
Politics
Railroad director
First President of the NRA

Edit - In this case, since the Trivia Master has said all responses will be given credit, you will get credit for this answer. But I caution all players that, as a general rule, multiple guess answers will be marked wrong, even if one of the guesses is the correct answer.

Hoosier

 

[hoosier]

Growing one heck of a fine set of whiskers

 

[Mustang Cdr]

The Burnside Carbine

 

[AUG]

Battle of Roanoke Island

 

[reading48]

He was three time Governer of Rhode Island 1875-1881????
Thats my stab at it....

 

[Red Harvest]

His North Carolina Expedition

 

[stuart1861]

The Burnside carbine

 

[NFB22]

His North Carolina operation (the "Burnside Expedition")

 

[Nathanb1]

His North Carolina campaign, particularly Roanoke and New Bern?

 

[CSA Expat]

North Carolina Expedition

 

[Keith Cochran]

the North Carolina Expedition

 

[jmb57]

the Burnside Carbine

 

[FourLeafClover]

Having whiskers style named after him.

 

[ExNavyPilot]

Burnside was acclaimed for his North Carolina Expedition, in which he captured Hatteras, New Bern, and most famously Roanoke Island, which opened up the Albemarle Sound to the Union.

 

[GELongstreet]

His North Carolina campaign?