Porter, Fitz John

Life Span
to
Full name
Fitz John Porter
Place of Birth
Portsmouth, NH
Burial Place
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Other
Other Occupation
Police Commissioner
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Government
Local government
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
In Virginia, Union artillery outside Yorktown delivers a preliminary barrage on Confederate defenses
- Largest battle yet in the eastern theater fought at Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmond
Battle of Gaines' Mill
How to Cite This Page: "Porter, Fitz John," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/33497.