Adolphus Porter Born in Canada, ___ son of Jeremiah Porter, ___ by occupation a Harness maker, ___ Unmarried, ___ at the age of 20 enlisted for three years in the 27th Regiment of Infantry, Mass. Vols. Company G. In December 1861, while the regiment was at Annapolis MD, Porter was attacked with typhoid fever and was carried to the General Hospital; thence afterwards to Naval School Hospital, at Annapolis. Here he remained till March 1862, when he was discharged by reason of rheumatism and general debility.
