Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 to Nathan Kimball
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04727 Author/Creator: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 Place Written: Harrisonburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 May 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.1 x 12.5 cm. + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 26.5 x 19.3 cm + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 26 x 18 cm Order a Copy
Asks Kimball to get "your train in motion as early as possible." Written four days before the nearby battle of McDowell, the first major encounter in Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. The lack of Union troops at Harrisonburg would prove to be of great importance towards the end of this campaign. Most of the docket is lost.
1 full length black and white engraving and 1 black and white bust engraving of Nathaniel P. Banks.
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