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Show DAVID DIXON PORTER p- ...-Vri FOLLOWING IN THE WAKE OF AN s ILLUSTRIOUS FATHER DAVID DIXON g-, f5 PORTER CARVED HIS NICHE IN 4 -3- L NAVAL HISTORY WITH A BLOCKADE t,S. . OF VICKSBURG IN 1863. TAKING lgWfc Ay COMMAND Of A FLOTILLA OF t K -sk. SMALL IRON-CLADS CALLED f-r)V T&f Pv. "TURTLES", PORTER SAILED FROM , fxtt 4 ILLINOIS, DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI HfJ TV Sl AND JOINED FORCES WITH THE jj " J UNON ARMf ABOVE VICKSBURG. bn $jl j (ip ? 7 SHIELDING HIS BOATS WITH WJ"' !? ' BARGES PORTER FOUGHT PAST frt'l S VICKSBURG FORTS AND SET A B V BLOCKADE BELOW THE CITY. T&J.lafW H.l |