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DAVID D. PORTER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
DAVID D. PORTER
(1813 - 1891) Union admiral who received the surrenders of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and was indispensable in the siege and subsequent Union victory at Vicksburg. A.L.S. 1p. legal folio, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 3, 1857, to Commander C. W. Pickering, in part: "...Agreeable to regulations. The four engines this day have been examined and exercised. No. 2 is in perfect order. No. 1 is out of repair & requires packing [?] which will be done immediately...".