David Dixon Porter
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David Dixon Porter was a United States Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the
Porter in the 1860s, during the American Civil War
~ 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.
David Farragut
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David Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered
David Dixon Porter
…families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the rank of admiral, after his adoptive brother David G. Farragut, Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War. Porter began naval…
Farragut as a rear admiral, c. 1862–1864
Farragut as he appears in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, c. 1863
Farragut on board Hartford