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Nathaniel Prentiss Banks
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks 1816–94, American politician and Union general in the Civil War, b. Waltham, Mass. After serving in the Massachusetts legislature (1849–53), Banks entered Congress as a Democrat, was returned in 1855 as a Know-Nothing and became speaker of the House, and was reelected in 1857 as a Republican. He resigned from Congress in Dec., 1857, and served as Republican governor of Massachusetts (1858–60). In the Civil War he was given command in the Dept. of the Shenandoah, where he was defeated by T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester and then at Cedar Mt. during the second battle of Bull Run. Late in 1862, Banks replaced B. F. Butler at New Orleans and cooperated with Grant in opening up the Mississippi by capturing Port Hudson in July, 1863, and in participating in the Red River expedition of 1864. After the war he again served as Representative from Massachusetts (1865–73, 1875–79, 1889–91).
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"Nathaniel Prentiss Banks." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nathaniel Prentiss Banks." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Banks-Na.html "Nathaniel Prentiss Banks." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Banks-Na.html |
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Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816–94) congressman and Union general, born in Waltham, Massachusetts. In the Civil War, Maj. Gen. Banks arrived in New Orleans in December 1862 with orders to help reopen the Mississippi River and pacify the local Confederates infuriated by the administration of the radical Benjamin Butler. Banks captured Port Hudson (July 9, 1863) after a six-week siege and heavy losses that could have been avoided had he been quicker in following orders to coordinate with Ulysses S. Grant, who was busy besieging Vicksburg.
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"Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-BanksNathanielPrentiss.html "Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-BanksNathanielPrentiss.html |
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