. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . uartersin Fort Mclienry, at Baltiuiore. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was boru inWaltham, Massachusetts, on the 30th of January, 1816. In common withmost New England youtlis of whateverorigin, he was sent to the public schoolof the State, where he made fair pro-gress in the elements of a good Englisheducation. As his father, however, whowas the overseer of a cotton factory, wasforced to be frugal, and to economizeboth time and money, he wi
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . uartersin Fort Mclienry, at Baltiuiore. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was boru inWaltham, Massachusetts, on the 30th of January, 1816. In common withmost New England youtlis of whateverorigin, he was sent to the public schoolof the State, where he made fair pro-gress in the elements of a good Englisheducation. As his father, however, whowas the overseer of a cotton factory, wasforced to be frugal, and to economizeboth time and money, he withdrew hisson at an early period from school andset him to work under his own to be something more than amere operative, tied down to the un-varying routine of the days labor, thelad sought, by apprenticing himself to amachinist, a wider scope for the exerciseof his fixculties. Having a taste for dramatic entertain-ments, he got up, by the aid of his com-rades, for the amusement of his leisurehours, theatrical representations, in whichhe assumed the leading parts, and withsuch success, that some of his friendswould have persuaded him to become. LIFE OF BANKS. 345 an actor by profession. He, howevei,resisted their inducements and his ownnatural incUnations, and confined hispubhc performances to the stage of thelecture-room. He became quite notedin the neighborhood as a holder forthat lyceums, temperance societies, andpolitical meetings. With the literaryculture thus acquired in the course ofhis career as a lecturer, he was embold-ened to assume the editorship of thenewspaper of his native village. Hisnew functions necessarily involved aninterest in politics, and becoming a po-litical advocate he was rewarded by hisDemocratic allies with an appointmentin the custom-house at Boston, underthe administration of President , at the same time, continued his ad-vocacy of the Democratic cause byoccasional speeches at pohtical meetings,where he was always a prominent an
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