Melancton Smith (admiral)
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Melancton Smith was a United States Navy officer who served during the Seminole Wars and the American Civil War.
Admiral Melanchton Smith NARA 529842
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
Melancton Smith (admiral)
…collected and weigh 58 pounds. He commanded the frigate Wabash during both attacks on Fort Fisher in December 1864 and January 1865. In Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's Report to the U.S. Navy, dated January 28, 1865, from his flagship Malvern, on the Cape Fear River, in commendation of officers of his command the North…
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.