Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe) 1832-1895 creator mixed material monographic eng 8,500 19 1 1 7.6 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. Open to research. 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 Engineers (DLC) 00651883 mm 78036459 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008037.3 Open to research. DLC 790327 20260227111626.0 mm 78036459