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11433 N.P. Banks Signature 1 7/8” X 3 ½” Card signed by
General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. There is a strip of
masking tape on the back of the card and you can see the
lline from prior framing on the front. $45
Banks, Nathaniel P., major-general, was born in Waltham,
Mass. Jan. 30, 1816, received a common school education,
and then learned the trade of a machinist in a cotton
factory of which his father was superintendent. He
afterwards became editor of a local paper at Waltham,
studied law, was admitted to the bar, and in 1849 was
elected a member of the state legislature. He was elected
speaker of the Massachusetts legislature in 1851, re-elected
in 1852, was chairman of the Massachusetts constitutional
convention in 1853, and was in the same year elected to
Congress as a coalition-democrat. He was re-elected on
the "Know-Knothing" ticket, elected speaker of the house
of representative, after a spirited fight, on the 133rd ballot,
and at the next election was chosen congressman
on the republican ticket.
On Dec. 4, 1857, he resigned to become governor of
Massachusetts, was re-elected governor in 1858 and 1859,
and in 1860 accepted the presidency of the Illinois Central
railroad, succeeding Gen. George B. McClellan in that
capacity. When the Civil war broke out in the following
year, he resigned his position, was commissioned major-
general of volunteers and assigned to the command of the
5th army corps in the Army of the Potomac, seeing his first
active service along the upper Potomac and in the
Shenandoah valley, in 1861-62. On March 23, 1862, a part
of his troops, under Gen. Shields, defeated Jackson at
Winchester, and the next month at the head of two
divisions, Gen. Banks was assigned to guard the
Shenandoah. When one of the divisions had been
withdrawn, leaving only 8,000 men with Banks, the
force was attacked by Gen. Jackson and defeated, but
escaped capture. Gen. Banks then joined Pope, who had
command of the army of Virginia, and on August 9, was
defeated at the battle of Cedar mountain. He was then for
a time in command of the defenses of Washington, and in
Dec., 1862, commanded the expedition to New Orleans,
where he succeeded Gen. B. F. Butler as commander of the
Department of the Gulf. In the spring of 1863 he
commanded the expedition against Port Hudson, which
finally, after several disastrous attempts to storm it had
failed, surrendered on July 9, 1863, when the occupants
learned that Vicksburg had fallen.
Early in 1864 Gen. Banks led the expedition up the Red
River, his force strengthened by the addition of a powerful
fleet, and at Sabine cross-roads met defeat at the hands of
Gen. Richard Taylor. On the next day the Confederates
made an attack at Pleasant Hill, but were defeated, and the
army withdrew to Alexandria. There the skill of Gen.
Joseph Bailey saved the fleet, and the whole expedition
withdrew to the Mississippi.
In May, 1864, Gen. Banks was relieved of his command,
resigned his commission, and, returning to Massachusetts,
was elected to Congress, where he served, with the
exception of one term, until 1877, being for many years
chairman of the committee on foreign relations. In 1888 he
was again elected to Congress, but, after 1890, suffered
from a mental disorder and was forced to withdraw from
public life. In 1891 Congress voted him an annual pension
of $1,200, and in 1894 he died.
General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. There is a strip of
masking tape on the back of the card and you can see the
lline from prior framing on the front. $45
Banks, Nathaniel P., major-general, was born in Waltham,
Mass. Jan. 30, 1816, received a common school education,
and then learned the trade of a machinist in a cotton
factory of which his father was superintendent. He
afterwards became editor of a local paper at Waltham,
studied law, was admitted to the bar, and in 1849 was
elected a member of the state legislature. He was elected
speaker of the Massachusetts legislature in 1851, re-elected
in 1852, was chairman of the Massachusetts constitutional
convention in 1853, and was in the same year elected to
Congress as a coalition-democrat. He was re-elected on
the "Know-Knothing" ticket, elected speaker of the house
of representative, after a spirited fight, on the 133rd ballot,
and at the next election was chosen congressman
on the republican ticket.
On Dec. 4, 1857, he resigned to become governor of
Massachusetts, was re-elected governor in 1858 and 1859,
and in 1860 accepted the presidency of the Illinois Central
railroad, succeeding Gen. George B. McClellan in that
capacity. When the Civil war broke out in the following
year, he resigned his position, was commissioned major-
general of volunteers and assigned to the command of the
5th army corps in the Army of the Potomac, seeing his first
active service along the upper Potomac and in the
Shenandoah valley, in 1861-62. On March 23, 1862, a part
of his troops, under Gen. Shields, defeated Jackson at
Winchester, and the next month at the head of two
divisions, Gen. Banks was assigned to guard the
Shenandoah. When one of the divisions had been
withdrawn, leaving only 8,000 men with Banks, the
force was attacked by Gen. Jackson and defeated, but
escaped capture. Gen. Banks then joined Pope, who had
command of the army of Virginia, and on August 9, was
defeated at the battle of Cedar mountain. He was then for
a time in command of the defenses of Washington, and in
Dec., 1862, commanded the expedition to New Orleans,
where he succeeded Gen. B. F. Butler as commander of the
Department of the Gulf. In the spring of 1863 he
commanded the expedition against Port Hudson, which
finally, after several disastrous attempts to storm it had
failed, surrendered on July 9, 1863, when the occupants
learned that Vicksburg had fallen.
Early in 1864 Gen. Banks led the expedition up the Red
River, his force strengthened by the addition of a powerful
fleet, and at Sabine cross-roads met defeat at the hands of
Gen. Richard Taylor. On the next day the Confederates
made an attack at Pleasant Hill, but were defeated, and the
army withdrew to Alexandria. There the skill of Gen.
Joseph Bailey saved the fleet, and the whole expedition
withdrew to the Mississippi.
In May, 1864, Gen. Banks was relieved of his command,
resigned his commission, and, returning to Massachusetts,
was elected to Congress, where he served, with the
exception of one term, until 1877, being for many years
chairman of the committee on foreign relations. In 1888 he
was again elected to Congress, but, after 1890, suffered
from a mental disorder and was forced to withdraw from
public life. In 1891 Congress voted him an annual pension
of $1,200, and in 1894 he died.
