Rear Admiral David D. Porter

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rear_Admiral_David_D._Porter

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:birth_date	1813-06-08
gptkbp:burial_place	gptkb:Oak_Hill_Cemetery
gptkbp:children	gptkb:David_D._Porter_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Mississippi_River_Squadron
gptkbp:death_date	1891-02-13
gptkbp:education	gptkb:United_States_Naval_Academy
gptkbp:fought_in	gptkb:American_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Rear Admiral David D. Porter
gptkbp:influenced	modern naval tactics naval strategy in the Civil War
gptkbp:known_for	blockade running
gptkbp:nickname	The Great Porter
gptkbp:notable_achievement	gptkb:Battle_of_Vicksburg gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay capture of New Orleans
gptkbp:notable_work	Civil War naval operations
gptkbp:place_of_birth	gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:place_of_death	gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Admiral_David_Farragut
gptkbp:rank	gptkb:Admiral
gptkbp:served_in	gptkb:USS_Passaic gptkb:USS_Monitor gptkb:USS_Kearsarge gptkb:USS_Tecumseh gptkb:USS_New_Ironsides gptkb:USS_Montauk gptkb:USS_Agawam gptkb:USS_Canonicus gptkb:USS_Monongahela gptkb:USS_Osage gptkb:USS_Sangamon gptkb:USS_Saugus gptkb:USS_Hartford gptkb:USS_Galena gptkb:USS_Richmond gptkb:USS_Constitution gptkb:USS_Brooklyn gptkb:USS_Mahopac gptkb:USS_Patapsco gptkb:USS_Weehawken USS Nahant
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:service_years	1826-1886
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Mary_A._Porter
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Admiral_William_T._Sampson
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mississippi_River_Squadron
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5