Porter, John M., b. 1839. Papers, 1862-1876.
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Porter served in two C.S.A. Kentucky Cavalry Regts. He was captured in Nelson Co., KY, in June, 1863, and held in a Federal military prison in Louisville until transfer to Johnson Island (OH) prison, where he as incarcerated until February, 1865. Letters indicate that while in prison he was supplied with clothing from a Louisville storekeeper.
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