Horace Porter

Infobox Military Person
name=Horace Porter
born= birth date|1837|4|15
died= death date and age|1921|5|29|1837|4|15


caption=Horace Porter
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placeofbirth=Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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allegiance=flagicon|USA United States of America
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rank= Brigadier General
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battles=American Civil War *Battle of Chickamauga
awards=Medal of Honor
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laterwork=President of the Union League Club of New York Held several government posts

Horace Porter, (April 15, 1837–May 29, 1921), American soldier and diplomat, was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the son of David R. Porter, a wealthy ironmater who later served as Governor of Pennsylvania. He was educated at Harvard University. He graduated from West Point in 1860 and served in the Union army in the American Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He received the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Chickamauga. In the last year of the war, he served on the staff of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, writing a lively memoir of the experience, "Campaigning With Grant" (1897).

From 1869 to 1873, Porter served as Grant's personal secretary in the White House. Resigning from the army in December 1873, Porter became vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company. He was U.S. Ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905, paying for the recovery of the body of John Paul Jones and sending it to the United States for re-burial. He received the Grand Cross Legion of Honor from the French government in 1904. In addition to "Campaigning with Grant", he also wrote "West Point Life" (1866).

Porter was president of the Union League Club of New York from 1893 to 1897. In that capacity, he was a major force in the construction of Grant's Tomb.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and Organization::Captain, Ordnance Department, U.S. Army. Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863. Entered service at: Harrisburgh, Pa. Born: April 15, 1837, Huntington, Pa. Date of issue: July 8, 1902.

Citation::While acting as a volunteer aide, at a critical moment when the lines were broken, rallied enough fugitives to hold the ground under heavy fire long enough to effect the escape of wagon trains and batteries.cite web
publisher = American Civil War website
title = PORTER, HORACE, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
date = 2007-11-08
url = http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor7.html
accessdate = 2007-11-08]

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
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*List of American Civil War generals

Notes

References

* [http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/civwarmz.html Army Medal of Honor website M-Z] Center of Military History
*findagrave|6474 Retrieved on 2007-11-08
*gutenberg|no=18422|name=Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z, contains a number of speeches by Porter.

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NAME= Porter, Horace
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
DATE OF BIRTH= April 15, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH= Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH= May 29, 1921
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