Horace Porter

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

While acting as a volunteer aide, at a critical moment when the lines were broken, rallied enough fugitives to hold the ground under heavy fire long enough to effect the escape of wagon trains and batteries.

Rank: Captain
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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