A military jacket worn by Union general and politician Ambrose Burnside. Wearing the jacket causes the user's hair to rapidly grow. Taking off the jacket will stop the hair from growing. The hair can't be cut, but has to removed by either burning or freezing.
| Ambrose Burnside's Jacket | |
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| General Burnside, with his famous facial hair | |
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Origin |
Ambrose Burnside |
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Type |
Civil War Jacket |
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Effects |
Causes user's hair to rapidly grow. The hair cannot be cut with a blade. |
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Downsides |
Effects |
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Activation |
Touch |
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Collected by |
Unknown |
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Section |
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Aisle |
28D-02D |
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Shelf |
4236-648-21 |
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Date of Collection |
Nov.21.1998 |
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Origin[]
Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee but was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater. His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns, derived from his last name.
Collection[]
At a Civil War museum, a curator found Burnside's Jacket laying in a box. After trying on the jacket, his hair rapidly grew. The curator attempted to remove the hair with a pocket knife in his desk. But, the hair didn't cut. The jacket was later snagged and the curator's hair was removed with Joseph Fourier's Pocket Knife.