LIEUTENANT Commandant John Porter’s vessel, the brig USS Boxer, was shipwrecked in the South Pass channel of the Mississippi River on Oct. 24, 1817. He was 24 years old, and
CIVIL WAR MAJOR General Fitz John Porter was born in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1822. The name Fitz John (sometimes written as Fitz-John or FitzJohn) was chosen in accordance with an