[Hampton Roads, Va. Rear Admiral David D. Porter and staff aboard his flagship, U.S.S. Malvern]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0208 Author/Creator: Place Written: Hampton, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: December 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 23.3 x 18.3 cm. Order a Copy
A print of a photograph of Rear Admiral David D. Porter and his staff aboard the U.S.S. Malvern. Porter stands center with arm crossed over chest. Porter was the second officer to be promoted to 'full' admiral in the United States Navy (in 1870). At the extreme left stands Lieut. W.B. Cushing; fifth from left with is arms folded is Lieut.-Commander K.R. Breese; on Porter's right is Lieut-Commander Henry A. Adams, Jr. Graphite inscription on verso: "Gardner XXII 227.
Officers identified from The Photo. Hist. of the Civil War Vol. III, part 2, p. 256. Other information from Library of Congress entry, see https://www.loc.gov/item/cwp2003000719/PP/.
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