Orlando Metcalfe Poe

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. At the start of the American Civil War, Poe assisted in organizing the volunteers from Ohio; later, he was made a member of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan''s staff in western Virginia and took part in the Rich Mountain campaign. He went with McClellan to Washington and assisted by organizing the defense of Washington, D.C., and was promoted to colonel that September, when he was placed in charge of the 2nd Michigan Volunteers. He commanded them successfully from Yorktown through the Battle of Seven Pines during the Peninsula Campaign and was then given field command of a brigade prior to the Northern Virginia Campaign of 1862. His brigade anchored the far right of the Union line at the August 29 30 battle of Second Bull Run but was only lightly engaged. Several days later on September 1, Poe and his men participated in the Battle of Chantilly. His brigadewas present, but not active during the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130928551
• ISBN-10: 6130928556
• Artikelnr.: 29875122