Entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1815. Served numerous commands at sea and ashore, including the Naval Academy's first superintendent; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Navy commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a captain...
Bate served as chairman of the Association of the Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy. In the letter he asks Weedon to attend the organization's eighth reunion. A transcript is included.
Prior to the Civil War, Porter was in the U.S. Navy. Early in the war, Porter served as a major of the 2nd Battalion Artillery of Hardee's Corps, C.S.A. In 1863 he joined the Confederate Navy as a first lieutenant and was assigned to the C.S.S....