Horace Porter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Horace Porter

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1837

Place of Birth: Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 29-May-1921

Profession: military officer, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Horace Porter (April 15, 1837 – May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S.
Grant.
He also was secretary to General William T.
Sherman, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company and U.S.
Ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905.