- GLC#
- GLC02494.07-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- April 21, 1887
- Author/Creator
- Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
- Title
- [An autobiographical sketch]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Possibly written in New York City. Lists details of Porter's military service. Mentions various civilian careers. Notes "restoration to the army by President Cleveland under authority of act of Congress dated July 1 '86- Commission as Colonel dating back to May 14 1861. Placed on the retired list of the Army as Colonel July 7 1886." Records service as New York City Commissioner of Police 1884-1888.
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