. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . ervices at Vicksburg Porter received the thanks of Congress and the commission ofrear admiral, dated July 4th, 1863. Soon afterward he ran past the batteries of Vicksburg, and captured the Confederate forts at Grand Gulf. OnAugust 1st, 1863, he arrived at New Orleans in his flagship Black Hawk, accompanied by the gunboat Tuscumbia. In the Spring of 1864 heco-operated with General Banks in the unsuccessful Red River expedition. In October, 1864, lie was transferred to the North Atlantic Squadron. Heappeared at Fort Fisher on December
. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . ervices at Vicksburg Porter received the thanks of Congress and the commission ofrear admiral, dated July 4th, 1863. Soon afterward he ran past the batteries of Vicksburg, and captured the Confederate forts at Grand Gulf. OnAugust 1st, 1863, he arrived at New Orleans in his flagship Black Hawk, accompanied by the gunboat Tuscumbia. In the Spring of 1864 heco-operated with General Banks in the unsuccessful Red River expedition. In October, 1864, lie was transferred to the North Atlantic Squadron. Heappeared at Fort Fisher on December 24th, 1864, and began to bombard the forts at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The works were capturedJanuary 15th, 1865, by a combined body of soldiers, sailors and marines, after seven hours of desperate lighting. Admiral Porter received a vote ofthanks from Congress, which was the fourth that he received during the war. He was promoted vice admiral July 25th, 1865, and admiral of thenavy August 15th, 1870. Died in Washington, D. C, February 13th, ? = o _ t3 »M S 15 ^ 5 &h ~ -i; o > 53 ra 5I ^ 2 *> ft ic£ Ph a C =4-1 ® > H o £5 a |3 £ to 60 P So «-£.- O * fe5 , rt OTo o 3 (it s •— 03 pH 03 ,—■ *; to o ^r° « ^ oi -SO -S tc £«a a) g a; - J3 o> r^ *- tj to fi & ~ O j= o . a, § HM O . 2^L = 02 to ^ 03 r 3 i, ~ « -i co oft _- co H K C - O Ph - ^ *^ ft -S ■ § 1 5 * * I ~ § 3 >•■ H 03 fee Z C s- o ft ?£-,- ^h t-. - ._ r; i=5 -u o - 3 P PDH-f I ^~. -B -g -_ Ph & ^ J: tS tOr^p= g JJ c i- □ C 3 rQ P=i « o _2 - HH tO «-, fc. gJH **-* — C3 ^ . c ^^ £ ^ S - - c O S ft 2 0) oo ^=: o „, a to /: «h -c -^ C . 03 00 5 ft 03 03 E- > .-OS rj co co c ^5 O/ 03 C +3 St] c3 cS pq o3 E *i osrt Tin p s ^ H co^ 203 a <5<w So S •d 3 «* a* . o O sg. P 03 2 ^
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