Cecere, Michael. An Officer of Very Extraordinary Merit Charles Porterfield and the American War for Independence, 1775-1780. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007. ISBN: 0788432230.
180 pp. New. Paperback. [4212]
Charles Porterfield was one of many Virginians who helped secure America's independence. He served in Daniel Morgan's rifle company at Boston and Quebec. He commanded a company in Morgan's 11th Virginia Regiment as well as William Maxwell's Light Infantry Corps. Porterfield fought in the battles of Cooches Bridge, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and endured the hardships of Valley Forge... - from the back cover.