He possessed no mean ability also as a
writer, and his account of his campaigns
with Grant Is one of the most Interest
ing books which deal with the career of
the great Union General.
He wr.i born at Huntingdon. Pa., April
IB, 1837, the son of David 'Rlttcnhouse
porter, twice Governor of Pennsylvania.
There was good fighting blood In his
veins, for his grandfather. Gen. Andrew
Porter, fought through the Revolution
from 1778 to the surrender at Yofktown.
Young Porter got his first education at
Harrlshu~g during his fnther's terms as
Governor and later went to Lnwrence
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Gen. Porter, Soldier and Statesman
ville. He then went to- the I,awrenee
Scientific School at Harvard to fit him
self to compete for an appointment to
West Point and won It.
Brave IleedN In Civil War.
He was graduated from the military
academy In July, 1A61, and in October
began his active service in the war as
a First Lieutenant in Oen. Sherman's
expedition against Port Royal. He was
chief of ordnance, in the attack on Fort
Pulaski and did his work so Well that he
was brevetted Captain and later made
chief of ordnance for the armies of the
Potomac, Ohio and Cumberland. At
the battle of Chlckamauga, where the
Union lines were broken, Ctfpt. Porter
distinguished himself by his bravery in
stemming the rout of the troops, for
which he was rewarded with the Con
gressional Medal of Honor.
