HORACE PORTER
\hˈɔːɹɪs pˈɔːtə], \hˈɔːɹɪs pˈɔːtə], \h_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ_s p_ˈɔː_t_ə]\
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An American general and military writer; born at Huntingdon, Pa., April 15, 1837. He graduated from West Point, and during the Civil War was a staff officer of McClellan and Rosecrans, and subsequently Grant's trusted aide and personal friend in Virginia during the last two years of the War. He is the author of "Campaigning with Grant", which first appeared serially in the Century Magazine"; and "West Point Life".
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An American soldier and statesman and United States Ambassador to France; born in Huntingdon, Pa., April 15, 1837. He was orator at the inauguration of the Washington Arch, New York, May 4, 1895, and at the dedication of Grant's Tomb, New York, April 27, 1897. He wrote: "Campaigning with Grant", "West Point Life".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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