General
General
David D. Porter: Admiral, US Navy
“I have never Served a President”
By John G. Nicolay and John Hay, July 24, 1861
“You Can’t Put a Long Blade into a Short Scabbard”
By David D. Porter， April 1. 1865
“This was a Step From the Sublime”
By David D. Porter, April 1, 1865.
“But It is Well to be Humble”
By David D. Porter , April 4, 1865
“He was Not at all Ashamed of”
By David D. Porter , 1865
“How Could One Avoid Liking Such A Man”
By David D. Porter , 1865
“He Really Seemed of another World”
By David D. Porter , April 4, 1865
“He’s The Best Man I Ever Knew Or Ever Expect To Know”
By David D. Porter , 1865
“Let them Have their Horses to Plow With”
By David D. Porter, March 28, 1865
“Leave them their Guns to Shoot Crows With”
By David D. Porter, April 5, 1865
“He Had An Illustration For Everything”
By David D. Porter ， 1865
“The President Had Some Quaint Remarks”
By David D. Porter ， 1865
“Of All The Men I Ever Met”
By William T. Sherman , March 28, 1865
“I Confess I Rather Like it myself”
By William T. Sherman , July 23, 1861
“If He Could Do So ‘unbeknown’ to Him”
By William T. Sherman, March 28, 1865