Letter
Major-General Banks, June 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPART}ENT OF ANNAPOLIS, June 27, 1861. Sir: My attention has been called to a resolution purporting to have been this day passed by the late board of police commissioners,…
Author
Letters from Nathaniel P. Banks
B. 1816 · D. 1894
Nathaniel Prentice Banks was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker, Banks became prominent in local debating societies and entered politics as a young adult. Initially a member of the Democratic Party, Banks's abolitionist views drew him to the nascent Republican Party, through which he won election to the United States House of Representatives and as Governor of Massachusetts in the 1850s. At the start of the 34th Congress, he was elected Speaker of the House in an election that spanned a record 133 ballots taken over the course of two months.
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21 letters
Letter
Nath. P. Banks, June 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, June 27, 1861. ‘ June 27, 1861. To the People of the City of Baltimore: By virtue of authority vested in me, and in obedience to.…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to George B. McClellan, July 1, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Fort McHenry, July 1, 1861. GENERAL: In pursuance of orders of the 24th ultimo, received from your department, I arrested, and now detain in custody of…
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Nath. P. Banks, July 1, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Fort McHenry, July 1, 1861. To the People of the City of Baltimore: In pursuance of orders issued from the headquarters of the Army at Washington,…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to George B. McClellan, July 1, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Fort McHenry, July 1, 1861. GENERAL: In pursuance of orders of the 24th ultimo, received from your department, I arrested, and now detain in custody of…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to William S. Rosecrans, July 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 29, 1861. Brigadier-General RosEcRANS, Clarksburg, Va.: Leave Cox on the Kanawha for the present if he will consent to stay. Portify the Gauley as…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Edward D. Townsend, August 6, 1861
Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TowNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General : SIR: I was much gratified to receive the order authorizing the transfer of stores, &c.,…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to E.D. Townsend, August 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, SANDY HOOK, Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TowNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : SIR: I was much gratified to receive the order authorizing the transfer of…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Randolph B. Marcy, October 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAMP NEAR DARNESTOWN, October 20, 1861. October 20, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to forward for the information of the commanding-general a report in detail, received last evening…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Daniel P. Woodbury, October 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAMP NEAR DARNESTOWN, October 20, 1861. October 20, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to forward for the information of the commanding-general a report in detail, received last evening…
Order
N. P. Banks, October 22, 1861
Edwards Ferry, October 22, 1861. SIR: I received the order of the commanding general to send General Hamilton’s brigade to Poolesville at 4 o’elock yesterday evening, and at 5.30 an…
Order
Nathaniel P. Banks to George B. McClellan, October 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Edwards Ferry, October 22, 1861. SIR: I received the order of the commanding general to send General Hamilton’s brigade to Poolesville at 4 o’elock yesterday evening, and at 5.30…
Dispatch
N. P. Banks, December 18, 1861
FREDERICK, MD. FREDERICK, MD., December 18, 1861. Colonel Leonard reports, at 12 m., rebels still in position at Falling Waters. Thinks they intend to cover attack on Dam No. 5,…
Telegram
Nathaniel P. Banks to R. B. Marcy, December 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS BANKSâ DIVISION, December 22, 1861. SIR: Telegram from Colonel Leonard states as follows: WILLIAMSPORT, 21ST. Canal-boats running to-day both ways. Two guns were brought to Little Georgetown and some…
Telegram
N. P. Banks, December 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS BANKS’ DIVISION, December 22, 1861. December 22, 1861. SIR: Telegram from Colonel Leonard states as follows: WILLIAMSPORT, 21ST. Canal-boats running to-day both ways. Two guns were brought to Little…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to LORENZO THomas, Adjutani-General U. 8. Army, May 11, 1862
New Market, Va., May 11, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit an official report of the affair which occurred on the 7th inst. on the South Fork of…
Dispatch
Nathaniel P. Banks to Edwin M. Stanton, May 21, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 21, 1862. May 21, 1862. Major-General BANKS, Strasburg: Please report immediately the number and position of the force in your command, and whether any, and what, of…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Edwin M. Stanton, May 22, 1862
Strasburg, Va., May 22, 1862. Siz: The return of the rebel forces of General Jackson to the valley, after his forced march against Generals Milroy and Schenck, increases my anxiety…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Edwin M. Stanton, May 24, 1862
STRASBURG STRASBURG, May 24, 1862. (Received 7.5 a. m.} Colonel Kenly’s command of infantry and cavalry has been driven from Front Royal, with considerable loss in killed, wounded, and _…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Edwin M. Stanton, May 25, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, BEYOND MARTINSBURG, V. A., May 25, 1862. May 25, 1862— 5.30 p. m. All communication is cut off. We know not what has occurred at Harper’s Ferry, Sc. A…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to C. S. Sargent, September 6, 1864
NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, September 6, 1864. COLONEL : The major-general commanding directs that you will sail with the Twenty-third Wisconsin and Ninety-sixth Ohio, so soon as you have taken…