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	David Dixon Porter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Porter was one of the first U.S. Navy officers to bear the rank of admiral; prior to the Civil War, no officer had held a rank higher than commodore, as admiral was considered to have royalist connotations.
		Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Porter was the son of Commodore David Porter, USN (1780–1843), a hero of the War of 1812; brother-in-law of Carlile Pollock Patterson; foster brother of David G. Farragut; cousin of Fitz John Porter; and brother-in-law of Confederate general Thomas A. Harris.
		Porter was conspicuous in the siege of Vicksburg, was wounded in his head during the amphibious operations at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, on April 20, 1863, and received promotion to rear admiral on July 4, 1863, the day of the Confederate surrender of Vicksburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Dixon_Porter (601 words)

	DAVID DIXON PORTER - LoveToKnow Article on DAVID DIXON PORTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Porter became a lieutenant in February 1841; served at the naval observatory in 1845-1846; in 1846 he was sent to the Dominican Republic to report on conditions there.
		Porter was promoted commander on the 22nd of April, and on the 3oth of May was sent to blockade the South-West Pass of the Mississippi.
		In the expedition Porter himself commanded the mortar flotilla, which, when Farraguts fleet passed the forts on the early morning of the 24th of April 1862, covered its passage by a terrific bombardment that neutralized the fire of Fort Jackson.
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	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: David Dixon Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Porter (February 1, 1780 â€“ March 3, 1843) was an officer in the United States Navy and later the commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy.
		Vice Admiral David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States naval officer who became one of the most noted naval heroes of the Civil War.
		He was the son of Commodore David Porter, USN (1780–1843), a hero of the War of 1812, and was the brother-in-law of Carlile Pollock Patterson.
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	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: David Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born at Boston, Massachusetts, Porter served in the Quasi-War with France first as midshipman on board USS Constellation, participating in the capture of L’Insurgente 9 February 1799; secondly, as 1st lieutenant of Experiment and later in command of Amphitrite.
		The U.S. government did not sanction Porter's act, and he was court-martialed upon his return to the U.S. Porter resigned and in 1826 entered the Mexican navy as its commander-in-chief 1826–29.
		He was the father of Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) and the adopted father of Admiral David Farragut (1801-1870), two of the leading naval officers of the American Civil War.
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	USS Porter DDG 78
		Vice Admiral David Dixon Porter was born on June 8, 1813, and was a native of Pennsylvania.
		David Dixon Porter was nearly forgotten because his career and accomplishments have often been misinterpreted, when, in fact, he was arguably the foremost naval hero of the Civil War.
		Porter sailed to Washington, D.C. 27 February 1897 for inspection and was further examined 16-20 March at New York by the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
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	COMMODORE DAVID PORTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Admiral Porter was an early proponent of littoral warfare as he emphasized the importance of protecting the coastal approaches to the large, seaboard cities of the United States with heavily armored monitors and the heaviest guns.
		David Dixon Porter is among the foremost naval heroes of the Civil War.
		David Dixon Porter, a talented fighter and colorful personality, earned the respect and friendship of President Lincoln and Generals Grant and Sherman, but drew the ire of political Generals like Butler, Banks, and McClernand for his unabashed pride and ego.
	www.porter.navy.mil /namesake.htm (445 words)

	David Dixon Porter by Alexander Gardner
		David Dixon Porter achieved an eminence second only to that of David Farragut as a naval officer during the Civil War.
		Porter was the only naval commander of the war to win the thanks of Congress three times.
		The fall of this fortification at the mouth of Cape Fear River in January 1865 closed off the port of Wilmington, which was the Confederacy’s last significant link with the Atlantic.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /navies_porter.html (115 words)

	David Dixon Designer & Fashion Articles
		David Dixon, assistant city attorney, says most of the complaint is groundless, but he acknowledges that several polling locations during the primary exceeded...
		Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor was born on August 28 1925 in Chicago, the youngest of seven in a family of acrobats.
		Donald David Dixon O'Connor was born Aug. 28, 1925 in Chicago to John Edward, a circus strongman, and Effie Irene, a circus acrobat.
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	DAVIDDIXONPORTER, USA
		David Dixon Porter was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 1813.
		Porter's last act of combat service was the capture of the fort and defenses of Wilmington.
		Porter died on February 13, 1891, in the District of Columbia.
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	David Dixon Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Portrait of David Dixon Porter during the Civil War Admiral David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States naval officer who became one of the most noted naval heroes of the Civil War.
		Porter was conspicuous in the siege of Vicksburg, and received promotion to Rear-Admiral on July 4, 1863.
		Porter was promoted to Vice-Admiral in July 1866, and to Admiral on October 17, 1870.
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		PORTER, DAVID DIXON [Porter, David Dixon] 1813-91, American admiral, b.
		In the Civil War he led the mortar flotilla of the Union fleet commanded by David Farragut in the successful assault on New Orleans (1862) and contributed to Ulysses S. Grant's success in the Vicksburg campaign (1863).
		Porter was promoted to vice admiral in 1866; in 1870, on Farragut's death, he became full admiral.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Porter-DD (192 words)

	Dixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dixon is the name of several places in the United States of America:
		Dixon Entrance - part of the Inside Passage between Alaska and Canada
		It is also the surname of many people — see Dixon (surname).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dixon (119 words)

	David Dixon Porter
		Born on June 8, 1813, in Chester, Pa., Porter was the son of Commodore David Porter.
		In the siege of Vicksburg Porter guarded the city closely with a fleet of gunboats until its surrender on July 4, 1863.
		At the close of the war in 1865, Rear Admiral Porter was made superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Md. As a final recognition of his services, in 1870 he was appointed to succeed Farragut as an admiral, a senior officer of the United States Navy.
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	Civil War Explorer > David Dixon Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was the son of Commodore David Porter (a naval hero of the War of 1812), half-brother of William D. “Dirty Bill” Porter, and the foster brother of David Glasgow Farragut.
		Porter served in the Gulf, the Mediterranean, and the South Atlantic during the Mexican War, but found the Navy in peacetime less challenging than he preferred—in one instance, in 1855, he commanded the ship Supply detailed to procure camels for the short-lived U.S. Camel Corps.
		When the Civil War began in 1861, David Dixon Porter took command of the Powhatan in an abortive attempt to relieve Fort Pickens, Florida and soon joined the Union's naval forces in the blockade of the Southern port cities.
	www.civilwar.org /cwe/AREA004.asp?9004001002000 (508 words)

	US People--PORTER, DAVID DIXON
		David Dixon Porter was born at Chester, Pennsylvania, on 8 June 1813, the son of Commodore David Porter (1780-1843).
		Following the War, Porter was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1866 and served as Superintendant of the Naval Academy.
		Porter (TB-6), Porter (DD-59), Porter (DD-356), Porter (DD-800) and Porter (DDG-78).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-p/dd-portr.htm (385 words)

	ipedia.com: David Dixon Porter Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Dixon Porter was a U.S naval officer.
		He was the son of David Porter and the brother-in-law of Carlile Pollock Patterson.
		David Dixon Porter (1813 – 1891) was a U.S naval officer.
	www.ipedia.com /david_dixon_porter.html (99 words)

	David and David D. Porter Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Porter was the second generation in a family of outstanding naval officers.
		David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) also began his naval career sailing with his father in the West Indies.
		This collection contains approximately 250 items relating to David Porter, 1805-1840; most of them deal with his War of 1812 service and his West Indian duty, although there are some related to the Mexican navy and his diplomatic career.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/NP/Porter.html (395 words)

	Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Captain Davis Dixon Porter, USMC
		Born on April 29, 1877, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Carlile Patterson Porter and the grandson of Admiral David Dixon Porter, he was the sixth generation of a military family.
		In command of the columns upon their uniting ashore in the Sohoton Region, Col. Porter (then Capt.) made a surprise attack on the fortified cliffs and completely routed the enemy, killing 30 and capturing and destroying the powder magazine, 40 lantacas (guns), rice, food and cuartels.
		After driving the insurgents from their position which was almost impregnable, being covered with numerous trails lined with poisoned spears, pits, etc., Col. Porter led his men across the river, scaled the cliffs on the opposite side, and destroyed the camps there.
	www.medalofhonor.com /DavisPorter.htm (426 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The father, Commodore David Porter, had made his name in the frigate battles of the Pseudo-War with France and the subsequent War of 1812.
		David Dixon Porter, the Commodore's son, became a hero in his own right during the Civil War, commanding mortar boats bombarding the forts south of New Orleans, then controlling the course of the war as he managed naval operations on the Mississippi.
		USS PORTER completed her shakedown in Northern European waters in the early spring of 1937, then participated in coronation celebrations for the new King of Great Britain, George VI, at St. John's, Newfoundland.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd356-nl.htm (499 words)

	Porter, David - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Porter escaped to sea, but a squall disabled his ship, forcing him back to the coast.
		While in the West Indies in 1824 on an expedition for suppressing piracy, Porter forced the officials of the town of Foxardo (Fajardo), Puerto Rico, to apologize for jailing an officer from his fleet.
		Porter resigned and in 1826 entered the Mexican navy as its head.
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	David Porter - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Porter war der Sohn des Seeoffiziers David Porter senior (1754–1808), der als Marinekommandeur im Revolutionskrieg gedient hatte, und der Rebecca Henry (1755–1801).
		Porter erklärte, er fühle sich durch diesen Akt nicht mehr an sein Ehrenwort gebunden und entfloh mit einem Beiboot, zu dessen Besatzung auch sein Pflegesohn, der dreizehnjährige David Farragut, gehörte.
		David Porter: Journal of a cruise made to the Pacific Ocean, by Captain David Porter, in the United States Frigate Essex, in the years 1812, 1813, and 1814.
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	US People--PORTER, DAVID
		David Porter was born at Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 February 1780.
		During the War of 1812, Captain Porter was Commanding Officer of the frigate Essex during her wide-ranging assault on British shipping, a campaign that continued until Essex was overwhelmed by HMS Phoebe and Cherub at Valpariso, Chile, on 28 March 1814.
		David Porter was the father of Civil War leader Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813-1891).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-p/d-portr.htm (317 words)

	porter : Savings and Deals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Admiral David Dixon Porter Nearly forgotten because his career and accomplishments have often been misinterpreted, David Dixon Porter takes his rightful place as the foremost naval hero of the Civil War in this richly detailed, entertaining history.
		Fairfield Porter Fairfield Porter, a painter who produced realist work in the midst of the Abstract Expressionist movement, was hailed by John Ashbery in 1983 as perhaps the major American artist of this century.
		Fairfield Porter, a painter who produced realist work in the midst of the Abstract Expressionist movement, was hailed by John Ashbery in 1983 as perhaps the major American artist of this century.
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	Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs > David D. Porter autograph, letters, documents, manuscripts, signatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Dixon Porter, who was the son of a distinguished naval officer, joined the Navy in 1829 and served in the Mexican War.
		Then, commanding Union gunboat forces on the Mississippi, Porter worked successfully with Grant and Sherman in their assault on Vicksburg, which finally fell on July 4, 1863, just four days before he signed this letter.
		Porter is not common in Civil War-date material.
	www.barnesautographs.com /pages/inventory/porter.htm (348 words)

	Beale Family
		David Dixon Porter was born 8 June 1813 Chester PA son of 'Commodore' David Porter and wife Evalina Anderson
		Porter, as is reported by his sergeant, made a sign with his hand for the men to extend to the right.
		Porter and one man of his party are still missing, besides the man known to be killed.
	www.sallysfamilyplace.com /Wheeler/porter2.htm (4179 words)

	A-7
		David Dixon Porter was being established to provide covering fire for Flag Officer David Farragut during his forthcoming campaign against New Orleans.
		There, she supplied Porter's guns with ammunition as they shelled the Confederate works during the days preceding the bold dash of Farragut's steam-propelled men-of-war past the guns of the forts to capture New Orleans.
		A. Houghton was one of the small number of Porter's vessels that remained in the West, but thereafter her role was changed.
	www.navyhistory.com /CWNavy/A.Houghton.html (783 words)

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