Charles G. Shanks

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'''Charles Gove Shanks''' (1841 – July 24, 1895) was an associate editor of the ''Louisville Journal''. In New York he worked for the ''New York Star'' and the ''Albany Times''.<ref name=obit/>

==Biography== Shanks was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1841.<ref name=obit/>

He served as an amanuensis for George D. Prentice, who edited the ''Louisville Journal'' (predecessor to ''The Courier-Journal'') prior to the American Civil War. He fought for the Union Army with the 22nd Kentucky Infantry. He achieved the rank of First Lieutenant and was an aide de camp to General Lawlow by the end of the conflict.<ref name=obit/>

Shanks became the night editor of the ''New York Herald'' at the conclusion of the Civil War. He was appointed state librarian of the New York Public Library by New York Secretary of State Allen C. Beach. Shanks served under John Bigelow on the Panama Canal investigating committee, a position he was appointed to by Governor Samuel J. Tilden. Afterwards he was an Albany correspondent for several New York newspapers.

== Family == His older brother, William F. G. Shanks, was a war correspondent who later edited ''The Bond Buyer'' of New York City. His sister, Sallie G. Shanks, was a contributor to ''Harper's Bazaar'' for three decades.

== Death == He died in Albany, New York in 1895 of heart disease at his home on Chapel Street.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Death of Charles G. Shanks. One of the Best Known of the Newspaper Workers of New-York State |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/07/25/102466808.pdf |quote=Charles G. Shanks, one of New-York's newspaper men, was found dead in bed at his lodgings on Chapel Street this morning. Heart disease was the cause. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 25, 1895 |access-date=2012-11-06 }}</ref>

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