My Dear Nelly: The Selected Civil War Letters of General Orlando M. Poe to His Wife Eleanor (Paul Taylor - DLM) rooster General Lee’s Army of Northern

General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia remained capable of defeating the Army of the Potomac

Pennsylvania contains some of the most unique and pristine natural and wild areas in the northeastern United States

and his role in developing wartime policy in support of slavery's fugitives as the nation advanced toward emancipation

reliable intelligence confirmed a conspiracy to assassinate him as he passed through Baltimore

Black Confederates

My Dear Nelly: The Selected Civil War Letters of General Orlando M. Poe to His Wife Eleanor (Paul Taylor - DLM) rooster General Lee’s Army of Northernby 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