Family and Later Life
General Potter was married on September 20, 1865, to Abby, daughter of John Austin Stevens, and on his wedding day was given his commission as full Major General of volunteers.
He was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, January 15, 1866, and was then for three years receiver of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. He moved to England in 1869, but returned to Rhode Island in 1873.
Potter died in Newport, Rhode Island. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Potter had at least five brothers:
- Clarkson Nott Potter (1825–1882) was a Democratic member of the National House of Representatives after the Civil War.
- Henry Codman Potter (1835–1908) succeeded Horatio Potter as Bishop of New York in 1887.
- Edward Tuckerman Potter an architect who designed the Nott Memorial at Union College.
- William Appleton Potter (1842–1909) was an American architect who designed numerous buildings, including the Church of the Presidents (New Jersey) in Elberon, New Jersey.
- Eliphalet Nott Potter
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