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Hace 1 día · His battlefield exploits – or lack thereof – reflect the enigmatic life of Banks, who certainly had the credentials to serve as Speaker. Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1816, he left school at age 14 to work alongside his father in a cotton mill. Nathaniel P. Banks (Public domain)
Hace 5 días · The Union victory was moot, however, for the Union reinforcements were recalled to Fredericksburg upon word of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's rout in the Shenandoah Valley at First Winchester. Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his 60,000-man army from the Virginia Peninsula as McClellan's army pursued him and approached the ...
Hace 5 días · On the decisive 133rd ballot, Nathaniel P. Banks received the most votes, 103 votes out of 214, or five less than a majority, and was elected speaker. A record 135 individual congressmen (nearly 58% of the House's membership), received votes in this, the longest speaker election in House history.
Hace 4 días · Nathaniel P. Banks: American Massachusetts 34th 1855–57 26 James Lawrence Orr Democratic South Carolina 35th 1857–59 27 William Pennington Republican New Jersey 36th 1859–61 28 Galusha A. Grow Republican Pennsylvania
Hace 1 día · The question was who would replace the Whigs as a major party. The wave of immigration from Ireland and Germany started to subside just as Bleeding Kansas started to heat up. After the 1856 Presidential election, most of the northern Know Nothings joined the Republicans. The key figure in all of this was Nathaniel P. Banks.
Hace 4 días · By rapid movement, Jackson closed separately with several Federal units and defeated them. In April he struck in the mountains of western Virginia; then on May 24–25 he turned on General Nathaniel P. Banks and drove him out of Winchester and back to the Potomac River.
Hace 5 días · Proving himself an able combat commander, he was promoted all the way to a lieutenant general. He served in Virginia, Mississippi and Louisiana, and is remembered for his victory over Major Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks at Mansfield, Louisiana and his successes in the Red River Campaign.
