NATHANIEL P BANKS, Union General, Civil War-Date Letter Signed/Autograph 8290

  
(1816-94) Union Major General - Massachusetts; Speaker of the U. House of Representatives - 1855-57; Governor of Massachusetts - 1858-61. After being routed by Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley campaign and the battle of Cedar Mountain in 1862, Banks commanded during the campaign and subsequent surrender of Port Hudson, Louisiana. A longtime politician from Massachusetts, he was elected to multiple terms in Congress, both before and after the war.

One page, 7 ¾" x 9 ¾". "General Thomas Hillhouse, Adjutant General, State of New York, ". Banks requests information relating to troops for his upcoming assignment as commander of the Department of the Gulf in New Orleans.

General, I will esteem it a favor if you will notify me at Astor House, New York by telegraph of the time of the departure and probable arrival at New York of the Regiments for my expedition. Instructions have been given to provide suitable camp ground and supplies. Banks, M[ajor] G[eneral] C[ommanding]. Lightly and evenly toned, with clean paper separation at several of the expected folds. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Autographs\Historical".

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