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See also:PORTER, See also:HORACE (1837– ) , See also:American diplomatist and soldier, was See also:born in See also:Huntingdon, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 15th of See also:April 1837; son of See also:David See also:Rittenhouse Porter (1788–1867), See also:governor of Pennsylvania in 1839-1845, and See also:grandson of See also:Andrew Porter (1743-1813), an officer in the See also:Continental See also:Army during the See also:War of See also:Independence, and surveyor-See also:general of Pennsylvania from 1809 until his See also:death. Horace Porter studied for a See also:year (18J4) at the See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence scientific school of Harvard University, and then entered the See also:United States Military See also:Academy, where he graduated in ,86o, third in his class. During the See also:Civil War he was See also:chief of See also:ordnance at the See also:capture of Fort See also:Pulaski; then served in the Army of the See also:Potomac until after See also:Antietam; was transferred to the See also:west, where he took See also:part in the battles of Chickamauga (for gallantry in which he received a congressional See also:medal of See also:honour in See also:June 1902) and See also:Chattanooga; and in April 1864 became aide-de-See also:camp to General See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, in which position he served until See also:March 1869. He earned the See also:brevet of See also:captain at Fort Pulaski, that of See also:major at the See also:battle of the See also:Wilderness, and that of See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel at New See also:Market Heights, and in March 1865 was breveted colonel and brigadier-general. From See also:August 1867 to See also:January 1868, while General Grant was secretary of war ad See also:interim, Porter was an assistant secretary, and from March 1869 to January 1873, when Grant was See also:president, Porter was his executive secretary. He resigned from the army in See also:December 1873, when he became See also:vice-president of the See also:Pullman See also:Palace See also:Car See also:Company and held other business positions. From March 1897 to May Igo5 he was United States See also:ambassador to See also:France. At his See also:personal expense he conducted (1899–1905) a successful See also:search for the See also:body of See also:John See also:Paul See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones,' who had died in See also:Paris in 1792. For this he received (May 9, 1906) a unanimous See also:vote of thanks of both Houses of See also:Congress, and the privileges of the See also:floor for See also:life. In 1907 he was a member of the American delegation to the See also:Hague See also:Peace See also:Conference. General Porter became well-known as a public See also:speaker, and delivered orations at the See also:dedication of General Grant's See also:tomb in New See also:York, at the centennial of the See also:founding of West Point, and at the re-interment of the body of John Paul Jones at See also:Annapolis. His publications include West Point Life (1866) and Campaigning with Grant (1897).
End of Article: PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
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