See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID See also:

• DIXON
• DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
• DIXON, HENRY HALL (1822-1870)
• DIXON, RICHARD WATSON (1833-1900)
• DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (1821-1879)

DIXON See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• DAVID DIXON PORTER (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

PORTER (1813-1891)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer, son of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

Porter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 8th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1813 . His first voyage, with his See also:

• FATHER

father 1 While he was in New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans he adopted David See also:

• FARRAGUT, DAVID GLASGOW (1801-1870)

Farragut, who later served with him on the " See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex." in See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters in 1823–1824, was terminated by the See also:

• FAJARDO

Fajardo affair (see PORTER, DAVID) . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1826 he entered the Mexican See also:

• NAVY

navy, of which his father was See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, and which he See also:

• LEFT

left in 1828, after the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish of the " See also:

• GUERRERO

Guerrero," on which he was serving under his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, David H . Porter (1804–1828), who was killed before the See also:

• SHIP

ship's surrender . He became a See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman in the See also:

• UNITED

United States navy in 1829, and was in the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast survey in 1836–1842 . In 1839 he married the daughter of Captain See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• TOD, JAMES (1782-1835)

Tod Patterson (1786–1839), then commandant of the See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington navy-yard . Porter became a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1841; served at the naval See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory in 1845–1846; in 1846 he was sent to the Dominican See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on conditions there . During the Mexican See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he served, from February to June 1847, as lieutenant and then as commanding officer of the " Spitfire," a See also:

• PADDLE

paddle See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel built for use on the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• BOMBARDMENT

bombardment of See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz and in the other naval operations under Commander M . C . See also:

• PERRY
• PERRY (from Fr. Moire, from poire, a pear)
• PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1794–1858)
• PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD (1785-1819)

Perry . From the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the Mexican War to the beginning of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War he had little but detail See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty; in 1855 and again in 1856 he made trips to the Mediterranean to bring to the United States camels for See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army use in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west . In April 1861 he was assigned to the " Powhatan," and was sent under See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret orders from the See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president for the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of Fort See also:

• PICKENS, ANDREW (1739- 1817)
• PICKENS, FRANCIS WILKINSON (1805-1869)

Pickens, See also:

• PENSACOLA

Pensacola, an expedition which he had urged .

Porter was promoted commander on the 22nd of April, and on the 3oth of May was sent to See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade the South-West Pass of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August he left the gulf in a fruitless See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for the Confederate cruiser " See also:

• SUMTER
• SUMTER, THOMAS (1i36–1832)

Sumter." Upon his return to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he urged an expedition against New Orleans (q.v.), and recommended the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of Commander D . G . Farragut (q.v.), his See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

foster-See also:

• BROTHER

brother, to the chief command . In the expedition Porter himself commanded the See also:

• MORTAR

mortar flotilla, which, when Farragut's See also:

• FLEET

fleet passed the forts on the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• MORNING

morning of the 24th of April 1862, covered its passage by a terrific bombardment that neutralized the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire of Fort See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson . At See also:

• VICKSBURG

Vicksburg Porter's bombardment assisted Farragut to run past the forts (June 28) . On the 9th of See also:

• JULY

July Porter was ordered, with ten mortar boats, to the See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• RIVER

river, where McClellan's army was concentrated . On the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October he took command of the See also:

• GUN

gun-vessels which had been built on the upper waters of the Mississippi, and to which he made important additions at an improvised navy-yard at See also:

• MOUND

Mound See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois . With this he took part in the capture of See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas See also:

• POST

Post on the 1th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1863 . In the operations for the capture of Vicksburg in 1863 unsuccessful attempts were made in February and See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March by Porter's vessels to penetrate through connecting streams and bayous to the Yazoo river and reach• the right See also:

• REAR

rear of the Confederate defences on the bluffs . But in May the fleet ran past the Vicksburg batteries, mastered the Confederate forts at See also:

• GRAND

Grand Gulf, and made it possible for See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant's army to undertake the brilliant See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign which led to the fall of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place (see AMERICAN CIVIL WAR and VICKSBURG) . Porter received the thanks of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress for " opening the Mississippi River " and was promoted rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral .

He co-operated with See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General N . P . See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks in the Red River expeditions in March-May 1864, in which his gun-boats, held above See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria by shallow See also:

• WATER

water and rapids, narrowly escaped See also:

• ISOLATION

isolation, being enabled to return only by the help of a See also:

• DAM

dam built by Lieut.-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel (Brigadier-General) See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in battle array)
• BAILEY, NATHAN
• BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (1816-1902)
• BAILEY, SAMUEL (1791-1870)

Bailey (1827–1867) . On the 12th of October 1864 he assumed command of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic blockading See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron, then about to engage in a combined military and naval expedition against Fort See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

Fisher, North Carolina . Porter claimed that his guns silenced Fort Fisher, but Major-General B . F . See also:

• BUTLER
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

Butler, in command of the See also:

• LAND

land forces, refused to See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault, asserting that the fort was practically intact . After Butler's removal, Porter, co-operating with Major-General See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred H . See also:

• TERRY, EDWARD
• TERRY, ELLEN ALICIA (1848– )

Terry, and commanding the largest fleet assembled at any one point during the war, took the fort on the 15th of January 1865; for this he again received the thanks of Congress . From 1865 to 1869 he was See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the U.S . Naval See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy at See also:

• ANNAPOLIS

Annapolis, which he greatly improved; his most notable See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change being the introduction of athletics . On the 25th of July he became See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral .

From the 9th of March to the 25th of June 1869, while Adolph E . Boric (1809–1880), of Pennsylvania, was secretary of the navy in President Grant's See also:

• CABINET

cabinet, Porter was virtually in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the navy See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department . In 187o he succeeded Farragut in the grade of admiral, which lapsed after Porter's See also:

• DEATH

death until 1899, when it was re-established to See also:

• REWARD

reward Rear-Admiral See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• DEWEY, DAVIS RICH (1858- )
• DEWEY, GEORGE (1837- )
• DEWEY, MELVIL (1851- )

Dewey for his victory at See also:

• MANILA

Manila . Porter urged the reconstruction of the navy, which he saw begun in 1882 . He died in Washington, D.C., on the 13th of February 1891 . Porter wrote a See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore David Porter (1875), gossipy Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885), a none too accurate See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Navy during the War of the See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion (1887), two novels, See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan Dare and See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert le Diable (1885 dramatized, 1887) and Harry Marline (1886), and a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short " See also:

• ROMANCE

Romance of See also:

• GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg," published in The Criterion in 1903 . See J . R . Soley, Admiral Porter (New York, 1903) in the " See also:

• GREAT

Great Commanders " See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series . Admiral Porter's three See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers were in the service of the United States: See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM DAVID PORTER (1809–1864) entered the navy in 1823, commanded the " Essex " on the See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee and the Mississippi in the Civil War, and became commodore in July 1862; See also:

• THEODORIC

THEODORIC See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY PORTER (1817—1846) was the first officer of the American army killed in the Mexican War; and HENRY See also:

• OGDEN

OGDEN PORTER (1823–1872) resigned from the United States navy in 1847, after seven years' service, fought under William See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker in Central See also:

• AMERICA

America, returned to the American navy, was executive officer of the " Hatteras " when she was sunk by the " See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama," and received wounds in the See also:

• ACTION

action from the effects of which he died several years later .