O. M. Poe Papers 1852-1922 (bulk 1863-1885)

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O. M. Poe Papers 1852-1922 (bulk 1863-1885)

United States army officer and civil engineer. Diaries, correspondence, maps, blueprints, newspaper clippings, biographical material, subject files, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to his military service during the Civil War, his personal and professional relationship with General William T. Sherman, and his career as a civil engineer in the Great Lakes region.

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