30 January 2006
Today in Civil War History
1816 Nathaniel Banks born
Union General Nathaniel Banks is born in Waltham, Massachusetts. Banks was a "political general"--he had few military skills, but as an anti-slave Republican from Massachusetts, he helped the Lincoln administration maintain support in that region.
After the war, Banks served two more stints in Congress and also spent time as a U.S. Marshall. He was serving in Congress when he died in 1894. ¶ 1/30/2006 08:31:00 AM
1816 Nathaniel Banks born
Union General Nathaniel Banks is born in Waltham, Massachusetts. Banks was a "political general"--he had few military skills, but as an anti-slave Republican from Massachusetts, he helped the Lincoln administration maintain support in that region.
After the war, Banks served two more stints in Congress and also spent time as a U.S. Marshall. He was serving in Congress when he died in 1894. ¶ 1/30/2006 08:31:00 AM
