. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . r-ganized the pursuit of the murderer and was present at his cap-ture and death. Gen. Baker published, in 1868, a History of theUnited States Secret Service, which is of historical value. Hedied in Philadelphia, July 2, 1868. Banks, Nathaniel P., major-general, was born in Waltham, Mass.,Jan. 30, 1816, received a common school education, and then learnedthe trade of a machinist in a cotton factory of which hi
. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . r-ganized the pursuit of the murderer and was present at his cap-ture and death. Gen. Baker published, in 1868, a History of theUnited States Secret Service, which is of historical value. Hedied in Philadelphia, July 2, 1868. Banks, Nathaniel P., major-general, was born in Waltham, Mass.,Jan. 30, 1816, received a common school education, and then learnedthe trade of a machinist in a cotton factory of which his fatherwas superintendent. He afterwards became editor of a local paperat Waltham, studied law. was admitted to the bar, and in 1849 waselected a member of the state legislature. He was elected speakerof the Massachusetts legislature in 1851, re-elected in 1852, waschairman of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1853,and was in the same year elected to Congress as a coalition-demo-crat. He was re-elected on the Know-Knothing ticket, electedspeaker of the house of representatives, after a spirited fight, onthe 133d ballot, and at the next election was chosen congressman. W. W. Anerell l!(.eii. K. 1!. Avrk? Absalom Baird E. D. Baker N. P. Banks F. C. B.\rlo\v James B.\rnes T. K. Barnes IciSEPII IJMLEY L. C. J. C. H. .\. Barnum Biographical Sketches 25 on the republican ticket. On Dec. 4, 1857, he resigned to becomegovernor of Massachusetts, was re-elected governor in 1858 and1859, and in i860 accepted the presidency of the Illinois Centralrailroad, succeeding Gen. George B. McClellan in that the Civil war broke out in the following year, he resignedhis position, was commissioned major-general of volunteers andassigned to the command of the 5th army corps in the Army of thePotomac, seeing his first active service along
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