General Josiah Porter

Front side: MAJOR GENERAL / PORTER / ADJUTANT GENERAL / STATE OF NEW YORK/1886-1894 Left side: ERECTED BY / THE NATIONAL GUARD OF NEW YORK / IN APPRECIATION OF HIS FIDELITY / AS A PATRIOT, / HIS QUALITIES AS A SOLDIER, / AND HIS SERVICES ON BEHALF OF / THE NATIONAL GUARD Back side: JOSIAH PORTER / 1ST. LIEUT. 1ST. BATTERY / MASS. VOLS. 1861. / CAPTAIN, JULY 1861 TO / SEPTEMBER 1862. / CAPTAIN 22ND. REGIMENT N.G. N.Y. / JUNE 1865, / MAJOR, MAY 1867. / LIEUT. COLONEL, JANUARY 1869. / MAJOR GENERAL AND / ADJUTANT GENERAL, 1886. Right side: HE LABORED / TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY, / PERFECT THE DISCIPLINE AND / ELEVATE THE STANDARD OF / THE NATIONAL GUARD.

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