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Civil War Soldiers - Poe
| Poe, Orlando M., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Navarre, Ohio, March 7, 1832. He was graduated
at the United States military academy in 1856, and until the Civil war
was engaged on the survey of the northern lakes, being promoted 1st
lieutenant in 1860. Early in the war he was engaged in organizing
volunteers in Ohio, and he was chief topographical engineer of the
Department of the Ohio from May 13, 1861, to July 15 of that year,
taking part in the action at Rich mountain on July 11, on the staff of
Gen. McClellan. He was a member of Gen. McClellan's staff at
Washington from July to September, was appointed colonel of the 2nd
Mich. volunteers on Sept. 16, and he served during the following
winter in the defenses of Washington. He served with the Army of the
Potomac at the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, then commanded a
brigade in the northern Virginia campaign and subsequently in the
defenses of Washington, served in the Maryland campaign, was
commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862, and
participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, afterwards commanding a
division in the 9th army corps until April, 1863. He was promoted
captain of engineers, March 3, 1863, and was subsequently successively
chief engineer of the Army of the Ohio, of the Department of the
Mississippi, and of Sherman's army. He was brevetted major for gallant
services at the siege of Knoxville, lieutenant-colonel for gallantry
at the capture of Atlanta, colonel for conduct at Savannah, and
brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, for services in the Carolinas.
After the war he was promoted major in 1867, lieutenant-colonel in
1882 and colonel in 1888. He was engineer secretary of the lighthouse
board until 1870, constructed the lighthouse on Spectacle reef, Lake
Huron, 1870-73 ; was aide-de-camp to Gen. Sherman from 1873 to 1884,
and at the same time had charge of river and harbor works from Lake
Erie to Lake Superior. He was fatally injured while inspecting the
great lock at Sault Ste. Marie, and died at Detroit, Mich., Oct. 2,
1895. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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