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Of the 14 Union officers who received the Thanks of Congress during the Civil War, Nathaniel P. Banks was the least entitled. ... In the Shenandoah Valley he was routed by Stonewall Jackson and due to his tremendous loss of supplies was dubbed "Commissary Banks" by the Confederates. As part of Pope's army,
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Nathaniel Prentice Banks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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BANKS, Nathaniel Prentiss, statesman, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, 30 January 1816. After receiving a common-school training, he worked in a cotton factory, of which his father was superintendent, and learned the trade of a machinist, lie was ambitious to fit himself for a wider field of work,
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; Nathaniel Prentiss Banks; by John T. Marck; ... Nathaniel Banks was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on January 30, 1816. Raised in a family that was poverty stricken, he soon, through his own tenacity, rose to great political power and became the leader of the Democratic Party.
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BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816-1894). Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, congressman, governor of Massachusetts, and Union general, was born on January 30, 1816, in Waltham, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel P. and Rebecca (Greenwood) Banks.
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Encyclopedia article about Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss. Information about Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss; Banks, OR; Banks, Oregon; Banks, Post Office and Library; Banks, Russell; Banks, Sir Joseph; Banks, Sir Joseph;
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Nathaniel Prentiss Banks Massachusetts House Republican United Economy. ... Home > Nathaniel Prentiss Banks ... Nathaniel Prentiss BanksNathaniel Prentiss Banks ( January 30, 1816 September 1, 1894), American politician and soldier, was born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He received only a common school education and at an early...
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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.
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The Encyclopedia Britannica is free at the JCSM Study Center! ... BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (18161894) , American politician and soldier, was born at Waltham, Massachusetts, on the 3oth of January 1816. He received only a common school education and at an early age began work as a bobbin-boy in a...
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