President of the Aztec Club of 1847
From G Seitz, Member #40539541: G Porterfield graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1844 and served as an adjutant in the Mexican War. He was colonel of the 25th Regiment of Virginia Infantry in the Civil War.
Contributed by Karen Ferency Baker:
George A. Porterfield
First Lieutenant GEORGE ALEXANDER PORTERFIELD, of Berkeley County, Virginia (W. Va.). Graduate, V. M. I.., Class 1844. Elected first lieutenant of Company A, First Virginia Infantry (Colonel Hamtramck, commanding). Appointed adjutant at Buena Vista, July 10, 1847. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Caleb Cushing, commanding the brigade. Lieutenant Porterfield was appointed acting assistant adjutant-general of the brigade, composed of the 1st Virginia,, 2d Mississippi, and the North Carolina Regiments.
October 27, 1847, General Wool succeeded General Taylor in command of the Army of Occupation, and removed his headquarters to Monterey. General Taylor returned to the States on leave. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Wool in command of the division stationed at, or near, Buena Vista, and Porterfield relieved Captain (afterwards Major-General) Irvin McDowell of his duties as assistant adjutant-general of the division, and remained in that position until the end of the war. He was complimented very highly by General Wool, who offered him a permanent place on his staff, when the treaty of peace was signed; but he declined the offer, and sailed for home, reaching there July 17, 1848.
For a few years, he was editor of the Martinsburg Gazette, and then filled a government position in Washington for several years; but in 1855 he returned to his farm, and was there when the Confederate War broke out. He at once offered his services to his State, and was appointed colonel of volunteers, in May 1861, and raised a command in Northwestern Virginia of nearly one thousand men. He was then put in command of the 25th Virginia Infantry. He afterwards served on Major-General Loring's staff, and, later, in command of a brigade composed of the 12th Georgia, the remnant of the 25th Virginia (about one-half of this regiment had been surrendered by General Pegram), Hansbrough's Battalion, and a battery of artillery, until the reorganization of the Army, in May, 1862, when he was left out of the service by an illegal election in the remnant of the 25th Regiment. He was recommended to the secretary of War by Major-General Edward Johnston for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general, but was not appointed. Believing he had been unjustly treated, he left the service. He was arrested by General Banks of the Federal Army, in July 1862, but was soon paroled, and did not return to the Army.
After the War, he entered the banking business. He is still living (1914) in Charles Town, West Virginia, one of the oldest Alumni of the Institute, and is one of the half a dozen surviving members of the famous Aztec Club composed of veteran officers who served in the Mexican War, one of the last of whom to die having been Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, C. S. A.
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
From G Seitz, Member #40539541: G Porterfield graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1844 and served as an adjutant in the Mexican War. He was colonel of the 25th Regiment of Virginia Infantry in the Civil War.
Contributed by Karen Ferency Baker:
George A. Porterfield
First Lieutenant GEORGE ALEXANDER PORTERFIELD, of Berkeley County, Virginia (W. Va.). Graduate, V. M. I.., Class 1844. Elected first lieutenant of Company A, First Virginia Infantry (Colonel Hamtramck, commanding). Appointed adjutant at Buena Vista, July 10, 1847. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Caleb Cushing, commanding the brigade. Lieutenant Porterfield was appointed acting assistant adjutant-general of the brigade, composed of the 1st Virginia,, 2d Mississippi, and the North Carolina Regiments.
October 27, 1847, General Wool succeeded General Taylor in command of the Army of Occupation, and removed his headquarters to Monterey. General Taylor returned to the States on leave. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Wool in command of the division stationed at, or near, Buena Vista, and Porterfield relieved Captain (afterwards Major-General) Irvin McDowell of his duties as assistant adjutant-general of the division, and remained in that position until the end of the war. He was complimented very highly by General Wool, who offered him a permanent place on his staff, when the treaty of peace was signed; but he declined the offer, and sailed for home, reaching there July 17, 1848.
For a few years, he was editor of the Martinsburg Gazette, and then filled a government position in Washington for several years; but in 1855 he returned to his farm, and was there when the Confederate War broke out. He at once offered his services to his State, and was appointed colonel of volunteers, in May 1861, and raised a command in Northwestern Virginia of nearly one thousand men. He was then put in command of the 25th Virginia Infantry. He afterwards served on Major-General Loring's staff, and, later, in command of a brigade composed of the 12th Georgia, the remnant of the 25th Virginia (about one-half of this regiment had been surrendered by General Pegram), Hansbrough's Battalion, and a battery of artillery, until the reorganization of the Army, in May, 1862, when he was left out of the service by an illegal election in the remnant of the 25th Regiment. He was recommended to the secretary of War by Major-General Edward Johnston for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general, but was not appointed. Believing he had been unjustly treated, he left the service. He was arrested by General Banks of the Federal Army, in July 1862, but was soon paroled, and did not return to the Army.
After the War, he entered the banking business. He is still living (1914) in Charles Town, West Virginia, one of the oldest Alumni of the Institute, and is one of the half a dozen surviving members of the famous Aztec Club composed of veteran officers who served in the Mexican War, one of the last of whom to die having been Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, C. S. A.
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
President of the Aztec Club of 1847
From G Seitz, Member #40539541: G Porterfield graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1844 and served as an adjutant in the Mexican War. He was colonel of the 25th Regiment of Virginia Infantry in the Civil War.
Contributed by Karen Ferency Baker:
George A. Porterfield
First Lieutenant GEORGE ALEXANDER PORTERFIELD, of Berkeley County, Virginia (W. Va.). Graduate, V. M. I.., Class 1844. Elected first lieutenant of Company A, First Virginia Infantry (Colonel Hamtramck, commanding). Appointed adjutant at Buena Vista, July 10, 1847. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Caleb Cushing, commanding the brigade. Lieutenant Porterfield was appointed acting assistant adjutant-general of the brigade, composed of the 1st Virginia,, 2d Mississippi, and the North Carolina Regiments.
October 27, 1847, General Wool succeeded General Taylor in command of the Army of Occupation, and removed his headquarters to Monterey. General Taylor returned to the States on leave. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Wool in command of the division stationed at, or near, Buena Vista, and Porterfield relieved Captain (afterwards Major-General) Irvin McDowell of his duties as assistant adjutant-general of the division, and remained in that position until the end of the war. He was complimented very highly by General Wool, who offered him a permanent place on his staff, when the treaty of peace was signed; but he declined the offer, and sailed for home, reaching there July 17, 1848.
For a few years, he was editor of the Martinsburg Gazette, and then filled a government position in Washington for several years; but in 1855 he returned to his farm, and was there when the Confederate War broke out. He at once offered his services to his State, and was appointed colonel of volunteers, in May 1861, and raised a command in Northwestern Virginia of nearly one thousand men. He was then put in command of the 25th Virginia Infantry. He afterwards served on Major-General Loring's staff, and, later, in command of a brigade composed of the 12th Georgia, the remnant of the 25th Virginia (about one-half of this regiment had been surrendered by General Pegram), Hansbrough's Battalion, and a battery of artillery, until the reorganization of the Army, in May, 1862, when he was left out of the service by an illegal election in the remnant of the 25th Regiment. He was recommended to the secretary of War by Major-General Edward Johnston for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general, but was not appointed. Believing he had been unjustly treated, he left the service. He was arrested by General Banks of the Federal Army, in July 1862, but was soon paroled, and did not return to the Army.
After the War, he entered the banking business. He is still living (1914) in Charles Town, West Virginia, one of the oldest Alumni of the Institute, and is one of the half a dozen surviving members of the famous Aztec Club composed of veteran officers who served in the Mexican War, one of the last of whom to die having been Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, C. S. A.
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
From G Seitz, Member #40539541: G Porterfield graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1844 and served as an adjutant in the Mexican War. He was colonel of the 25th Regiment of Virginia Infantry in the Civil War.
Contributed by Karen Ferency Baker:
George A. Porterfield
First Lieutenant GEORGE ALEXANDER PORTERFIELD, of Berkeley County, Virginia (W. Va.). Graduate, V. M. I.., Class 1844. Elected first lieutenant of Company A, First Virginia Infantry (Colonel Hamtramck, commanding). Appointed adjutant at Buena Vista, July 10, 1847. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Caleb Cushing, commanding the brigade. Lieutenant Porterfield was appointed acting assistant adjutant-general of the brigade, composed of the 1st Virginia,, 2d Mississippi, and the North Carolina Regiments.
October 27, 1847, General Wool succeeded General Taylor in command of the Army of Occupation, and removed his headquarters to Monterey. General Taylor returned to the States on leave. Colonel Hamtramck succeeded General Wool in command of the division stationed at, or near, Buena Vista, and Porterfield relieved Captain (afterwards Major-General) Irvin McDowell of his duties as assistant adjutant-general of the division, and remained in that position until the end of the war. He was complimented very highly by General Wool, who offered him a permanent place on his staff, when the treaty of peace was signed; but he declined the offer, and sailed for home, reaching there July 17, 1848.
For a few years, he was editor of the Martinsburg Gazette, and then filled a government position in Washington for several years; but in 1855 he returned to his farm, and was there when the Confederate War broke out. He at once offered his services to his State, and was appointed colonel of volunteers, in May 1861, and raised a command in Northwestern Virginia of nearly one thousand men. He was then put in command of the 25th Virginia Infantry. He afterwards served on Major-General Loring's staff, and, later, in command of a brigade composed of the 12th Georgia, the remnant of the 25th Virginia (about one-half of this regiment had been surrendered by General Pegram), Hansbrough's Battalion, and a battery of artillery, until the reorganization of the Army, in May, 1862, when he was left out of the service by an illegal election in the remnant of the 25th Regiment. He was recommended to the secretary of War by Major-General Edward Johnston for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general, but was not appointed. Believing he had been unjustly treated, he left the service. He was arrested by General Banks of the Federal Army, in July 1862, but was soon paroled, and did not return to the Army.
After the War, he entered the banking business. He is still living (1914) in Charles Town, West Virginia, one of the oldest Alumni of the Institute, and is one of the half a dozen surviving members of the famous Aztec Club composed of veteran officers who served in the Mexican War, one of the last of whom to die having been Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, C. S. A.
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
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