15. WEIRD BEARD: The First Set of Sideburns

<p><i>Check this out! </i><a href="https://www.vox.com/2015/3/1/8123457/beard-history-chart">130 years of facial hair trends, in one chart</a></p><p><i><strong>Episode Source Material: </strong></i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/ambrose-burnside-the-sideburned-civil-war-commander-who-didnt-want-the-job/">Ambrose Burnside, The Sideburned Civil War Commander Who Didn't Want The Job</a></li><li><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/ambrose-everett-burnside">Ambrose Burnside - HISTORY</a></li><li><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sideburns-meaning-origin#:~:text='Sideburns'%20take%20their%20name%20from,original%20sideburns%20were%20called%20burnsides">'Sideburns' The Hairy History of 'Sideburns'</a>. </li><li><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50949/why-style-facial-hair-called-sideburns">Why is this Style of Facial Hair Called Sideburns?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gilderlehrman.org/news/how-sideburns-got-their-name">How Sideburns Got Their Name | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History</a></li><li><a href="https://wordhistories.net/2018/03/29/burnsides-sideburns-sideboards/">the history of ‘burnsides’, ‘sideburns’ and ‘sideboards’</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/womenincivilware00larr/page/106/mode/2up">Women in the Civil War</a></li><li><a href="https://www.almanac.com/history-shaving-and-beards">The History of Shaving and Beards | Timeline of Cultures & Facial Hair | The Old Farmer's Almanac</a></li><li><a href="https://qz.com/914048/presidents-day-when-was-the-last-time-a-us-president-had-facial-hair-not-in-100-years/">President's Day: When was the last time a US president had facial hair? Not in 100 years</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/evolution-of-facial-hair-2018-11"><i>Evolution of Facial Hair Over the Past 200 Years</i></a></li><li><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/125778/survival-scruffiest">Survival of the Scruffiest</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/national