Porter, Horace

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Horace Porter
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    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)
    How to Cite This Page: "Porter, Horace," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/43967.