David Dixon Porter
David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States Navy admiral. Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War.
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![]() Porter in the 1860s, during the American Civil War | |
Born | Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. | June 8, 1813
Died | February 13, 1891 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 77)
Buried at | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
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Years of service | 1825–1828 (Mexico) 1829–1891 (US) |
Rank | Midshipman (Mexico)![]() |
Commands held | Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Inspection |
Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Other work | Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885) |
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He died at the age of 77 on the morning of February 13, 1891 of a heart attack.[1]
Porter is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.[2]
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~ David Farragut ~ David Dixon Porter ~ Issue of 1937 Perry and Porter attacked and took San Juan Bautista (now Villahermosa) in the Second Battle of Tabasco.
Porter, on the right, in 1860. The other officers are Sidney Smith Lee and Samuel F. Du Pont.
The Peacemakers 1868 Painting, featuring, from left to right: Maj. Gen. [[William T.
References
- ↑ West, Second Admiral, pp. 335–345.
- ↑ "David Dixon Porter". National Park Service. Retrieved 25 May 2018.