04698cpcaa2200721 a 4500 mm 78036459 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 790327|||||||||||| eng mm 78036459 ms 67000628 DLC DLC DLC dacs W lcmd Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe), 1832-1895. O.M. Poe papers, 1852-1922 (bulk 1863-1885). 8,500 items. 19 containers plus 1 oversize plus 1 vault container. 7.6 linear feet. Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Diaries and Notebooks, circa 1859-1879; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1852-1897; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1861-1896; Series 4: Special Correspondence, 1864-1891; Series 5: Letterbooks, 1863-1885; Series 6: Miscellany, 1852-1922; Series 7: Addition, 1895; and Series 8: Oversize, 1875-1896. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, writings, speeches, reports, orders, notebooks, family papers, biographical material, newspaper clippings, maps, drawings, memorabilia, and other papers relating primarily to Poe's military service as an engineer during the Civil War and Reconstruction and his friendship with Gen. William T. Sherman whom he served as aide-de-camp from 1873 to 1884. Includes material on his stint as chief engineer with the Army of the Ohio, campaigns with Sherman in Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and other engagements in the western theater of the war. Postwar engineering projects documented include the Spectacle Reef lighthouse on Lake Huron, the Hennepin Canal (the portion known then as the Illinois-Mississippi Canal), and the canal at Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich. Includes over one hundred letters between Poe and Sherman. Other correspondents include Hartman Bache, Zachariah Chandler, Jacob Merritt Howard, W.F. Raynolds, Charles N. Turnbull, and R.S. Williamson. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Some photographs, drawings, and steel engraving plate transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Some printed matter transferred to Library of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division. Some printed matter transferred to Library of Congress General Collections. U.S Army officer and engineer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037 Bache, Hartman, 1797-1872 Correspondence. Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879 Correspondence. Howard, Jacob Merritt, 1805-1871 Correspondence. Raynolds, W. F. (William Franklin), 1820-1894 Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence. Turnbull, Charles N., 1832-1874 Correspondence. Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882 Correspondence. United States. Army Officers. United States. Army of the Ohio. Canals Great Lakes (North America) Canals Illinois. Canals Michigan. Lighthouses Great Lakes (North America) Military engineering. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Georgia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.) Hennepin Canal (Ill.) Sault Sainte Marie Canal (Mich.) South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865. Spectacle Reef (Mich.) Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Engineering and construction. Army officers. itoamc Engineers. itoamc Visual materials from the O.M. Poe papers (DLC) 00651883 Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037.3 39996 39996