Brigadier General Horace Porter
General Porter was present at the Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. His personal writings describe the Restoration of Peace communications between General Grant and General Lee. Horace Porter was born in Huntingdon, PA on April 15, 1837, received the Medal of Honor on September 20, 1863 and died in New York City on May 29, 1921.
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