During the American Civil War, Union General A.J. Smith, with two brigades, reached Campti to assist Admiral David Dixon Porter's trapped gunboats on the Red River there.
The correspondence was forwarded to Admiral David Porter, who immediately issued his General Order 184, which began
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Union Admiral Porter credited the coal torpedo with sinking the Greyhound, a private steamboat that had been commandeered by General Benjamin F. Butler for use as a floating headquarters on the James River.
In June 13, 1847, Matthew C. Perry mounted an expedition to capture the interior town of Tabasco.
She wrote poetry to commemorate Boston memorials and events, including the deaths of abolitionist Wendell Phillips and Admiral David Dixon Porter, the Silver Jubilee of Archbishop John Joseph Williams, and the 150th anniversary of the Charitable Irish Society of Boston.
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He came from a family prominent in American naval service; his cousins were William D. Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut.
He took command of gunboat Carondelet 4 March 1863, skippering that ship during the joint Army‑Navy Expedition in Steele's Bayou under Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, 18 to 24 March, in which he landed with two boat howitzers and 300 men near Rolling Fork to hold that place until the Union ships could cover it with their guns# One of his officers was Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Julius H. Kroehl.
Low water levels in the Red River prevented the Missouri from participating in the defense of western Louisiana when the army of Union General Nathaniel P. Banks and the fleet of Admiral David Dixon Porter advanced on Shreveport in April 1864.