This leather-bound account book has a worn front cover with undecipherable writing at the top and "Cadet O. M. Poe. Sept (?) 1852" written in the center. On top left corner of the inside front cover is a stamp that reads: Sold by David...
A table drawn with red ink on a large sheet of light blue paper, folded to 11 x 17 1/2 inches, includes columns for date, delinquencies, and demerits separated by 1st-4th years. This is an accounting of Orlando M. Poe's delinquencies and demerits...
Drawings; Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Sketch of two military men, one sitting on a camp stool, the other standing beside him. In the background a soldier is standing guard with a rifle on his shoulder. A photo of Orlando M. Poe is pasted on the body of the seated man and another photo...
Barges; Tugboats; Boathouses; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard bow view of GEN. O. M. POE, with her paddlewheel removed, near the boathouse at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. A transfer barge is on the grade slightly upriver from GEN. O.M....
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Orlando M. Poe, a United States Army officer (brevet brigadier general) and engineer in the United States Civil War. After helping General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, he was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Pumping stations; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEN. O.M. POE, with paddlewheel missing, and other boats at the bank of the icy Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Louisville Water Company's pumping station can be seen across the river. According to the...
Barges; Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern view of anagboat GEN. O.M. POE (Way T0905), with her fantail broken off, in ice on the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. NASHVILLE, (Way #4100), a sternwheel packet built for the Parminters of...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
88 images and four manuscripts relating to the U.S. military, with a particular focus on the Civil War era, collected by West Point alumnus, engineer, and Civil War veteran Orlando Metcalfe Poe (1832-1895).
Portraits; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Profile portrait of Orlando M. Poe around 1890. Poe was Sherman's chief engineer during the Civil War and was brevetted brigadier general. He oversaw the burning of Atlanta. After the war in 1870 Poe was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
Portraits; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Orlando M. Poe around 1890. Poe was Sherman's chief engineer during the Civil War and was brevetted brigadier general. He oversaw the burning of Atlanta. After the war in 1870 Poe was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
