Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te Pakanga ā-Iwi o Amerika, i āwhina a Poe ki te whakarite i ngā kaimahi mai i Ohio; i muri mai, i whakawhiwhia ia hei mema o te kaimahi a Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan i te hauauru o Virginia, ā, i uru ia ki te pakanga o Rich Mountain. I haere tahi ia me McClellan ki Washington me te awhina i te whakarite i te tiaki o te whakapaipai. I whakatairangahia ia ki te koronel o nga kaitohutohu i te marama o Hepetema, i whakanohoia ia hei rangatira mo te 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. I whakahau ia ratou angitu i Yorktown i roto i te
Ko te Pakanga o Seven Pines i te Peninsula Campaign; i muri mai ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana o te brigade i mua i te Campaign Northern Virginia o 1862. I whakanohoia e tana pereti te taha matau o te raina o te Uniana i te pakanga o Akuhata 29-30 o te Taua Tuarua o Bull Run engari he iti noa te mahi. I etahi ra i muri mai i te Mahuru 1, i uru a Poe me ana tangata ki te Pakanga o Chantilly. I tae mai tana parirau, engari kaore i kaha i te Pakanga o Fredericksburg o Tihema 1862.