Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Artist, Author. Born Martinsburg, Virginia. (now West Virginia), he was a nationally known artist and author before the Civil War, working under the nom-de-plume "Porte Crayon". He began his Civil War service as an Assistant Adjutant General on the Staff of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he then served as a Topographical Engineer (where his skills as an artist were utilized) on the staff of Major General John Pope. When General Pope was reassigned to the West following the disaster at Second Bull Run, David Strother became an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Army of the Potomac commander Major General George B. McClellan before receiving a commission as Colonel and commander of the 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. His subsequent career as a staff officer, serving as an Assistant Inspector General to Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley, as an Acting Aide-de-Camp to Major General Franz Sigel, and finally as the Chief of Staff of Major General David Hunter, who was his cousin. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on August 23, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". From 1879 to 1885 he held the post of United States Consul General in Mexico City, Mexico. He was the subject of the 1960 biography by Cecil Eby, Jr., titled "Porte Crayon, The Life of David Hunter Strother".
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Artist, Author. Born Martinsburg, Virginia. (now West Virginia), he was a nationally known artist and author before the Civil War, working under the nom-de-plume "Porte Crayon". He began his Civil War service as an Assistant Adjutant General on the Staff of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he then served as a Topographical Engineer (where his skills as an artist were utilized) on the staff of Major General John Pope. When General Pope was reassigned to the West following the disaster at Second Bull Run, David Strother became an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Army of the Potomac commander Major General George B. McClellan before receiving a commission as Colonel and commander of the 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. His subsequent career as a staff officer, serving as an Assistant Inspector General to Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley, as an Acting Aide-de-Camp to Major General Franz Sigel, and finally as the Chief of Staff of Major General David Hunter, who was his cousin. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on August 23, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". From 1879 to 1885 he held the post of United States Consul General in Mexico City, Mexico. He was the subject of the 1960 biography by Cecil Eby, Jr., titled "Porte Crayon, The Life of David Hunter Strother".
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