David Porter (naval officer)
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David Porter was an American naval officer and diplomat. Porter commanded a number of U.S. naval ships. He saw service in the First Barbary War, the War of 1812 and in the West Indies. During the War
A portrait of Porter as a captain in the United States Navy
c. 1819 painting of the Battle of Valparaíso
Commodore David Porter Memorial in the Woodlands Cemetery
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
David Porter (naval officer)
…Porter married Evalina Anderson, the daughter of William Anderson, and together they had ten children who survived, including six sons. One of these, David Dixon Porter, became an admiral in the United States Navy. Porter purchased the grand home built by the judge and politician David Lloyd in Chester, Pennsylvania…
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.