Download or read book Nathaniel P Banks Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pretense Of Glory written by James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1998-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the "fighting politician." Despite a lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune, Banks (1816--1884) advanced from the Massachusetts legislature to the governorship to the U.S. Congress and Speaker of the House. He learned early in his political career that the pretext of conviction can be more important than the conviction itself, and he practiced a politics of expedience, espousing popular beliefs but never defining beliefs of his own. A leader in the new Republican party, he developed a reputation as a compelling orator and a politician with a bright future. At the onset of the Civil War, Lincoln appointed Banks a major general, and, as Hollandsworth shows, the same pretext of conviction that served Banks so well in politics proved disastrous on the battlefield. He suffered resounding defeats in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and the Red River Campaign. Illuminating the personal characteristics that stalled the promise of Banks's early political career and contributed to his dismal record as a commanding officer, Hollandsworth demonstrates how Banks's obsessive pretense of glory prevented him from achieving its reality.
Download or read book Nathaniel P Banks written by Nathaniel P. Banks and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pretense Of Glory written by James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the "fighting politician." Despite a lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune, Banks (1816--1884) advanced from the Massachusetts legislature to the governorship to the U.S. Congress and Speaker of the House. He learned early in his political career that the pretext of conviction can be more important than the conviction itself, and he practiced a politics of expedience, espousing popular beliefs but never defining beliefs of his own. A leader in the new Republican party, he developed a reputation as a compelling orator and a politician with a bright future. At the onset of the Civil War, Lincoln appointed Banks a major general, and, as Hollandsworth shows, the same pretext of conviction that served Banks so well in politics proved disastrous on the battlefield. He suffered resounding defeats in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and the Red River Campaign. Illuminating the personal characteristics that stalled the promise of Banks's early political career and contributed to his dismal record as a commanding officer, Hollandsworth demonstrates how Banks's obsessive pretense of glory prevented him from achieving its reality.
Download or read book Letter to Nathaniel P Banks written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letter from Major Gen Nathaniel P Banks written by James Henry Lane and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nathaniel P Banks Letters written by Nathaniel Prentiss Banks and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters from Nathaniel P. Banks to various recipients, including George N. Briggs, T.B. Thorpe, and Charles S. Hamilton, 1857?-1864, accompanied by a piece of printed ephemera and two tickets to Camp Massachusetts dated 1859. The letters discuss land drainage near his house, the Massachusetts militia, military promotions, and a rumor of Confederate cavalry activity in West Virginia.
Download or read book The Great Questions of National and State Politics written by Nathaniel Prentiss Banks and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Address of His Excellency Nathaniel P Banks to the Two Branches of the Legislature of Massachusetts January 7 1859 written by Nathaniel Prentiss Banks and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Address of Nathaniel P Banks to the Two Branches of the Legislature of Massachusetts January 7 1858 written by Nathaniel Prentiss Banks and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Address of His Excellency Nathaniel P Banks to the Two Branches of the Legislature of Massachusetts January 6 1859 written by Massachusetts. Governor (1858-1861 : Nathaniel P. Banks) and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shifting Political Loyalties of Nathaniel P Banks 1849 1860 written by Sister Mary Brebeuf Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nathaniel Prentiss Banks Correspondence written by Nathaniel Prentiss Banks and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letter written by Banks from Alexandria, Va., to "Dear James" mentioning battles at Monets Bluff and Cane River, near New Orleans (during the Red River Expedition); together with cover letter (1863) that an enclosure be printed on a ship for distribution in the country.
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Download or read book Address of His Excellency Nathaniel P Banks written by Nathaniel Prentiss Banks and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Address of His Excellency Nathaniel P Banks written by Massachusetts. Governor (1858-1861 : Banks) and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Questions of National and State Politics written by Nathaniel Prentiss Banks and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
