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Horace Porter, ( 1837 - 1921 ), American soldier and diplomat, was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania , the son of David R. Porter , a wealthy ironmater who later served as Governor Of Pennsylvania . He was educated at Harvard University . He graduated from West Point in 1860 and served in the Union army in the American Civil War , reaching the rank of brigadier general. He received the Medal Of Honor at the Battle Of Chickamauga . From 1869 to 1873 , Porter was the personal secretary of President Ulysses S. Grant , and he was the U.S. ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905 and he paid for the recovery of the body of John Paul Jones , sending it to the United States for reburial. He received the Grand Cross Legion Of Honor from the French government in 1904 . He wrote two books, '' Campaigning With Grant '' ( 1897 ) and '' West Point Life '' ( 1866 ). |
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