Porter, Horace, 1837-1921
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Name (Latin)
Porter, Horace, 1837-1921
Date of birth
1837-04-15
Date of death
1921-05-29
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Campaigning with Grant ... 1897.
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Gen. Horace Porter (4227901105) (3x4a)
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Wikipedia description:
Horace C. Porter (April 15, 1837 – May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S. Grant. He also was secretary to General William T. Sherman, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company and U.S. Ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905.
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