Porter, Fitz-John
soldier, author, was born June 13, 1822, in Portsmouth, N. H. He is a brevet brigadier-general dismissed from the service in 1863, reinstated by act of congress in 1886. After his retirement from the army he was appointed commissioner of public works of New York city; and was employed by the New Jersey Central Railroad company as assistant receiver for several years. He received an appointment as police commissioner of the city of New York and on the expiration of his term of office in that department he was appointed fire commissioner, from which place he retired at the close of his term. He then became a cashier in the New York postoffice. He is the author of Narrative of the Services of the Fifth Army Corps in 1862 in Northern Virginia.