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OriginalDavid Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral during the American Civil War, including commanding the naval support of the Vicksburg Campaign and the Battle of Fort Fisher, later Superintendent of the Naval Academy, in a photograph by renowned Civil War photographer, Mathew Brady
Reason
I don't think I really need to defend a Mathew Brady photograph of a notable leader.
Articles in which this image appears

David Dixon Porter, United States Naval Academy, Music of Annapolis, Pennsylvania in the American Civil War, List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Delaware County.

FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Mathew Brady (note spelling), with restoration by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:David Dixon Porter - Mathew Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:05, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]