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US general taking team south of stream (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burnside

'us general' is the definition.
(Ambrose Burnside)

'team south of stream' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before).
'south of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stream' becomes 'burn' (a burn is a small stream).
'side' put after 'burn' is 'BURNSIDE'.

'taking' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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