My Dear Nelly: The Selected Civil War Letters of General Orlando M. Poe to His Wife Eleanor (Paul Taylor - DLM) souvenirs former chief scout of the

former chief scout of the Army of the Potomac from August 1864 to June 1865

Propelled by the momentum of that supreme moment

A tale of history played out on a human scale in the grand Shaara tradition

resulted in devastating losses

Bullet holes from Yankees returning fire can still be seen today on the south wall

My Dear Nelly: The Selected Civil War Letters of General Orlando M. Poe to His Wife Eleanor (Paul Taylor - DLM) souvenirs former chief scout of theby Paul Taylor (Editor), Earl J. Hess (Foreword) More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, West Point engineer and Brevet Brigadier General Orlando M. Poe (18321895) remains one of the Unions most unsung heroes. He served the Union in uniform from day one of the conflict until the Confederate surrender in North Carolina in late April 1865, and he used his unparalleled ability to predict Confederate movements to lead multiple successful