Porter, Horace

Life Span
to
Full name
Horace Porter
Place of Birth
Huntingdon, PA
Burial Place
West Long Branch, NJ
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
2
No. of Spouses
1
Family
David Rittenhouse Porter (father), Josephine McDermott Porter (mother), Sophie King (wife) 
Education
Harvard
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Methodist
Political Parties
Republican
Other Affiliation
Union League
Government
Grant Administration (1869-77)
Diplomat
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
In Washington, the officers of the military court for John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters are named
In Washington, membership of the military court for John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters is adjusted
The Army board convened to decide on new infantry small arms meets for the first time in Washington.
Lincoln's Assassination
How to Cite This Page: "Porter, Horace," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/43967.