Download or read book No 1334 Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter officer of the Federal Navy written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Second Admiral written by Richard S. West and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A DEFINITIVE BUT HIGHLY EXCITING LIFE OF ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL AND HITHERTO NEGLECTED FIGURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) was a U.S. Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the rank of admiral, Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War. Porter began naval service as a midshipman at the age of 10 under his father, Commodore David Porter, on the frigate U.S.S. John Adams. He served in the Mexican War in the attack on the fort at the City of Vera Cruz, commanded an independent flotilla of mortar boats at the capture of New Orleans, and later advanced to the rank of (acting) rear admiral in command of the Mississippi River Squadron, which co-operated with the army under Maj.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Vicksburg Campaign. After the fall of Vicksburg, he led the naval forces in the difficult Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Late in 1864, Porter was transferred from the interior to the Atlantic coast, where he led the U.S. Navy in the joint assaults on Fort Fisher, the final significant naval action of the war. Porter worked to raise the standards of the U.S. Navy in the position of Superintendent of the Naval Academy when it was restored to Annapolis. He initiated reforms in the curriculum to increase professionalism. In the early days of President Grant's administration, Porter was de facto Secretary of the Navy. When his adoptive brother David G. Farragut was advanced from rank of vice-admiral to admiral, Porter took his previous position; likewise, when Farragut died, Porter became the second man to hold the newly created rank of admiral. He gathered a corps of like-minded officers devoted to naval reform.
Download or read book Admiral David Dixon Porter written by Chester G. Hearn and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nearly forgotten because his career and accomplishments have often been misinterpreted, David Dixon Porter takes his rightful place among the foremost naval heroes of the Civil War in this richly detailed, entertaining history. Porter rose faster through the ranks, commanded more men and ships, won more victories, and was awarded more congressional votes of thanks than any other officer in the U.S. Navy. His own postwar writings, however, were so flawed by an unquenchable ego, a thin skin, and a burning desire to vindicate his father, David Porter, a controversial naval hero in the War of 1812, that historians have neglected him." "Drawing on the correspondence and journals of Porter's allies and enemies, both military and political, as well as official documents and the admiral's own volume of papers, the noted naval writer Chester Hearn sets the record straight. This account brings to life the firebrand hero of New Orleans, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, and Fort Fisher, whose unique tactics and techniques rank among the most imaginative and successful in naval history. On board Porter's flagship readers can witness daring, brilliant attacks against the punishing batteries at Vicksburg and Fort Fisher and the costly failures at Steele's Bayou and Red River. They can sit in on the critical strategy meetings with Sherman and Grant, and the thrilling chase up and down the coast of South America after Semmes on the CSS Sumter." "A talented fighter and colorful personality with a marvelous sense of humor, Porter earned respect and friendship from the likes of Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, but drew the ire of political generals like Butler, Banks, and McClernand."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book The Second Admiral written by Richard S. West and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Portrait of Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Three Admirals Farragut Porter Dewey written by James Edward Homans and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Second Admiral A Life of David Dixon Porter 1813 1891 Etc With Plates Including Portraits written by Richard Sedgewick WEST and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Second Admiral written by Jr. West and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
Download or read book Extract from a Letter of Acting Rear Admiral D D Porter to Prof A D Bache Superintendent U S Coast Survey U S Mississippi Squadron January 5th 1863 written by David Dixon Porter and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book David Dixon Porter Diary and Letters written by David Dixon Porter and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also in the collection are letters (1862-1877) written to Porter when he served as commander of the Mississippi Squadron, U.S. Navy, during the Civil War, regarding commissions, requesting supplies for families along the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers, and issuing orders for patrolling the rivers. Includes a letter, 1863 August 24, to Porter from D.F. Reiley, requesting that a gunboat be assigned to Bayou Sara, Louisiana, to protect the businesses of Union men.
Download or read book Admiral David Dixon Porter and the Evolution of American Naval Power 1865 1885 written by Edward E. Peoples and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book David D Porter United States Navy Message from the President of the United States Recommending a Vote of Thanks to David D Porter United States Navy Acting Rear Admiral for Brilliant Services in Attacking Arkansas Post written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Extract from a Letter of Acting Rear Admiral D D Porter to Prof A D Bache Superintendent U S Coast Survey written by David Dixon Porter and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Orders Mississippi Squadron Rear Admiral D D Porter Commanding written by David Dixon Porter and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nothing Too Daring written by David F. Long and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Porter was courageous, passionate, intelligent, farsighted, dedicated and generous. Yet he was also impulsive, avaricious, hot-tempered, conceited, sometimes vicious, and, finally, paranoiac. Nothing Too Daring offers an objective, thoroughly researched biography of one of America's most colorful naval officers."--Back cover.
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