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David D. Porter
Document Signed
War-date 8" x 10" partly-printed Document Signed (DS) order
on printed U.S. Mississippi Squadron letterhead for Acting 3rd
Assistant Engineer Reuben Yocum to report for duty on June 1, 1863
aboard the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb. Porter's rank of Acting Rear
Admiral would be made permanent a little over a month from the date
of the document, after the successful attack on Vicksburg.
Yocum was to report to Lt. Cmdr. John G. Walker, who signed his name,
rank, and date at the bottom of the document. For the highlights of
Walker's career, see the biography below.
Conservation framed with a photo of Porter.
John G. Walker (1835-1907) was born in
Hillsborough, New Hampshire, and graduated from the Naval Academy in
1856. During the Civil War he served on the Atlantic coast blockade
in the steamer Connecticut in 1861, and was transferred to the
steamer Winona of the Western Gulf blockading squadron in
1862. In this vessel he participated in the engagements that ended in
the capture of New Orleans, with the subsequent operations against
Vicksburg in 1862. After promotion to Lt. Cmdr., he had command of
the a river ironclad in the Mississippi squadron (1862-1863), in
which he participated in the attacks on Vicksburg in cooperation with
General William T. Sherman and the army. Walker commanded the steamer Saco
on the North Atlantic blockade in 1864, and the Shawmut
(1865), in which he participated in the capture of forts near
Wilmington. After the war, he served as assistant superintendent of
the Naval Academy (1866-1869), and commanded the frigate Sabine
on a special European cruise in 1869-1870. He served as secretary to
the Lighthouse Board from 1873 to 1878, during which time he was
promoted to captain (1877). Walker was appointed Chief of the Bureau
of Navigation and Office of Detail (1881-1889), after which he went
to sea commanding the White Squadron (1889). Appointed rear admiral
five years later, he took the squadron to Hawaii in 1895 when a coup
d'état posed a threat to American interests. Upon his
return to shore duty in 1896, Walker headed the Lighthouse Board and
concurrently chaired the committee investigating locations for deep
water harbors in southern California. Soon after retiring as a full
admiral in 1897, Walker was chosen to serve as President of the
Nicaraguan Canal Commission. Two years later, in 1899, he was
appointed President of the Isthmian Canal Commission to look into
possible routes for a canal across the Central American isthmus. He
died in Ogunquit, Maine.
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David D. Porter |
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18 1/2" w x 15 3/4" h |
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