Rare! CIVIL War Union Maj. General Nathaniel P. Banks 1862 Brady CDV Photo

  
BANKS 1862 BRADY CDV PHOTO. BANKS 1862 MATHEW BRADY b. BRADY'S IMPRINT ON THE MOUNT'S REVERSE. 1894 was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union Maj. General during the Civil War.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln appointed Banks as one of the first political major generals, over the heads of West Point regulars, who initially resented him, but came to acknowledge his influence on the administration of the war. After suffering a series of inglorious setbacks in the Shenandoah River Valley at the hands of Stonewall Jackson, Banks replaced Benjamin Butler at New Orleans as commander of the Department of the Gulf, charged with the administration of Louisiana and gaining control of the Mississippi River.

He failed to reinforce Grant at Vicksburg, and badly handled the Siege of Port Hudson, taking its surrender only after Vicksburg had fallen. He then launched the Red River Campaign, a failed attempt to occupy northern Louisiana and eastern Texas that prompted his recall. Banks was regularly criticized for the failures of his campaigns, notably in tactically important tasks, including reconnaissance. Banks was also instrumental in early reconstruction efforts in Louisiana, intended by Lincoln as a model for later such activities.

CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH CORNER TIPS. PERIOD ID'd ON THE TOP REVERSE. VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. DIMENSIONS: 2 3/8" x 3 15/16".

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