Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā o te pakanga, i mahi ia hei Tumuaki o ngā Pūauau i roto i te ope taua o Potomac, Te Tari o Ohio me te ope taua o Cumberland. I whakahonoretia ia i te Pakanga o Fort Pulaski, Georgia, i te Pakanga o Chickamauga, i te Pakanga o te Wildness me te Pakanga Tuarua o te Teihana Ream
(New Market Heights) Ko te tikanga, ko te mea nui. I te Pipiri 26, 1902 ranei Hurae 8, 1902, i whakawhiwhia a Porter ki te Tohu Whakahonore mo te Pakanga o Chickamauga e rite ana ki nga korero i whakahuatia i raro nei. I te tau whakamutunga o te pakanga, i mahi ia i runga i nga kaimahi o Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, i muri mai i te tuhi i tetahi tuhinga o te wheako, "Campaigning With Grant" (1897).