James Porter
Military Person
1847 – 1876
Who was James Porter?
James Ezekiel Porter was one of General Custer's eleven officers killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, and Porter was among the first verified casualties of the historic battle alerting the world to the demise of Custer's group. According to several historians, Porter led troops in a defensive action at the Little Bighorn. Porter also served in the American South during the Reconstruction Era, where, according to a comrade, he respectably served "Ku Klux" duty while the 7th Cavalry was charged with eradicating the Ku Klux Klan and illegal distilling.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1847
Strong - Education
- United States Military Academy
- Bates College
- Lived in
- Maine
- Died
- Jun 25, 1876
Montana
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on July 23, 2013
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