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- Aug 27, 2016
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- Hangzhou, China (Wisconsin, USA)
Brigadier General Andrew Porter (USA)
Andrew Porter as born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on 10 July 1820. He was a second cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln and his younger first cousin, Horace Porter, also served as a Union general. He attended the United States Military Academy for six months in 1836 and 1837.
He served in the Mexican-American War as a first lieutenant in the 1st Mounted Rifles. Within a year, he was promoted to captain and cited for gallantry, being brevetted two grades to lieutenant colonel. Porter spent the next fourteen years serving at various posts and forts on the frontier. He fought a duel in Texas with future Confederate general James J. Archer, whose second was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was serving as a colonel of the 16th U.S. Infantry. He was appointed brigadier general in May 1861, and commanded the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division (David Hunter) at the First Battle of Bull Run, assuming control of the division when Hunter was wounded. He served as Provost Marshal of the District of Columbia and was then appointed as Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign. In April 1864, he was mustered out for health reasons.
Porter moved to Paris, France, to improve his health. However, he died at his home there on 3 January 1872.
Andrew Porter as born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on 10 July 1820. He was a second cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln and his younger first cousin, Horace Porter, also served as a Union general. He attended the United States Military Academy for six months in 1836 and 1837.
He served in the Mexican-American War as a first lieutenant in the 1st Mounted Rifles. Within a year, he was promoted to captain and cited for gallantry, being brevetted two grades to lieutenant colonel. Porter spent the next fourteen years serving at various posts and forts on the frontier. He fought a duel in Texas with future Confederate general James J. Archer, whose second was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was serving as a colonel of the 16th U.S. Infantry. He was appointed brigadier general in May 1861, and commanded the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division (David Hunter) at the First Battle of Bull Run, assuming control of the division when Hunter was wounded. He served as Provost Marshal of the District of Columbia and was then appointed as Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign. In April 1864, he was mustered out for health reasons.
Porter moved to Paris, France, to improve his health. However, he died at his home there on 3 January 1872.
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