Major General Porter
Major General
Porter
Adjutant General
State of New York
1886 – 1894
Left Inscription : >
He labored
to increase the efficiency,
perfect the discipline and
elevate the standard of
the National Guard.
Rear Inscription : >
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,
Colonel, October 1869,
Major General and
Adjutant General, 1886.
Right Inscription : >
Erected by
the National Guard of New York
in appreciation of his fidelity
as a Patriot.
His qualities as a soldier,
and his services in behalf of
the National Guard.
Marker can be reached from Broadway (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
