Edwin Davenport papers 1861-1863 Davenport, Edwin papers
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Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894
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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...
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Davenport, Edwin, 1839-1863.
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Edwin Davenport, son of Levi and Susan Davenport, was born on December 2, 1839, in Catamount (now Colrain), Massachusetts. In 1861, Edwin Davenport ventured west, first to western New York, and then south to Pennsylvania, to work as a laborer on farms and oil fields. In the autumn of 1861, he moved further west to Lakeview, Wisconsin, to go to school, after which he worked briefly as a teacher in Camp Point, Illinois. In September 1862, Davenport returned east and enlisted as a private with the ...
