Class of 1869

James Ezekiel Porter: Born Jan. 12, 1846, Strong, ME.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1864, to June 15, 1869, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 7th Cavalry, June 15, 1869.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Oct., 1869, to April, 1870, — Ft. Wallace, Kan., to June, 1870, — Scouting, to Oct. 1870, — and Ft. Harker, Kan., to Mar., 1871; in garrison at Chester, S. C., to June, 1871, — Rutherfordton, N. C., to Mar., 1872, — Lincolnton,

(First Lieut., 7th Cavalry, Mar. 1, 1872)

N. C., to July, 1872, — Shelbyville, Ky., to Dec., 1872, — Lebanon, Ky., to Mar., 1873, — and Louisville, Ky., and Ft. Snelling, Min., to June, 1873; Escorting Northern Boundary Survey, to Oct., 1873; on frontier duty at Ft. Lincoln, Dak., to Jan., 1874, — Ft. Totten, Dak., to May, 1874, — Escorting Northern Boundary Survey, to Sep., 1874, — Ft. Totten, Dak., to Apr., 1875, — Ft. Lincoln, Dak., to May, 1876, — and on Sioux Expedition, to June 25, 1876, being engaged in the Action of the Little Big Horn, Mon., where he was

Killed, June 25, 1876: Aged 29.

See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1877, for an obituary notice.º

Lt. Porter's body was never recovered.​b