The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . y commissioner (1815-23); court-martialed andsuspended for six months for disobedience (1825);resigned his commission and took charge of theMexican navy (1826); was consul at Algiers (1829);minister to Turkey (1831). He published Journalof the Cruise of the Essex (\?,\<^ and Constantinopleand Its Environs (1835). He died near Constanti-nople, March 3, 1843. Hisi son, D. D. Porter, wrotehis Life. PORTER, David Dixon, an American admiral;born in Chester, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1813. Heentered the United Sta
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . y commissioner (1815-23); court-martialed andsuspended for six months for disobedience (1825);resigned his commission and took charge of theMexican navy (1826); was consul at Algiers (1829);minister to Turkey (1831). He published Journalof the Cruise of the Essex (\?,\<^ and Constantinopleand Its Environs (1835). He died near Constanti-nople, March 3, 1843. Hisi son, D. D. Porter, wrotehis Life. PORTER, David Dixon, an American admiral;born in Chester, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1813. Heentered the United Statesnavy (1829); was em-ployed on the Coast Sur-vey from 1836 to 1841,when he became lieuten-ant, and then served till1845 on the Mediter-ranean and Brazil stations,afterward returning tothe Coast Survey. From1849 to 1853 ^^ wasengaged in command ofthe California mail steam-ers. At the commence-ment of the Civil War hewas appointed com-mander of the steam-frigate Powhatan, and orderedto Pensacola; but afterward he was placed in com-mand of the mortar flotilla, joined Farragut, and in. ADMIRAL PORTEK. 462 rORTER —PORT HENRY April, 1S62, successfully bombarded the NewOrleans forts. In September, 1862, he received thecommand of the Mississippi squadron, and succeed-ing in running past the batteries of Vicksburg,poured a heavy cannonade on the citv, and assistedmaterially in bringing about its fall in July, 1863, forwhich he was promoted to rear-admiral. Trans-»ferred to the North Atlantic squadron in 1864,in December he bombarded and silenced FortFisher, at the mouth of Cape Fear River; and inJanuary, 1865, after seven hours fighting, the for-tress was taken by the combined land and navalforces. Porter was made vice-adiniral in 1866, andappointed superintendent of the Naval Academy atAnnapolis; in 1870 succeeded Farragut as admiralof the navy. He was the author of Incidents andAnecdotes of the Civil War (1885) and of a Historyi)f the Navy in the War of the Rebellion (1887),besid
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