Porter, Andrew

Life Span
to
Full name
Andrew Porter
Place of Birth
Lancaster, PA
Burial Place
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
Family
George Bryan Porter (father), David Rittenhouse Porter (uncle), Margaret Falconer Biddle (wife), John Biddle Porter (son), Mary Todd Lincoln (second cousin)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
- The first pitched battle of the war between armies results in a Union disaster at Bull Run
Date Title
Secretary William H. Seward to General Andrew Porter, Arrest Order for George Wallace Jones, December 19, 1861
How to Cite This Page: "Porter, Andrew," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/37488.