Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika yeAmerica, Poe akabatsira kuronga vazvipiri vaibva kuOhio; gare gare, akaitwa nhengo yevashandi veMaj. Gen. George B. McClellan kumadokero kweVirginia uye akatora chikamu mumushandirapamwe weRich Mountain. Akaenda naMcClellan kuWashington ndokubatsira nokuronga kudzivirira guta guru. Akakwidziridzwa kuva colonel wevazvipiri muna September, akaiswa mukutungamira kwe2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Akavatungamirira zvinobudirira kubva kuYorktown kusvikira kuHondo yeSeven Pines
panguva yePeninsula Campaign; akazowana basa rokutungamirira boka revarwi risati rasvika Northern Virginia Campaign ya1862. Boka rake rakasimbisa kurudyi kwakanyanya kwemutsara weUnited paAugust 29-30 hondo yechipiri yeBull Run asi yakangobatanidzwa zvishoma. Mazuva akati gare gare musi waSeptember 1, Poe nevarume vake vakapinda muHondo yeChantilly. Boka rake rakanga riripo, asi rakanga risina kushanda panguva yeDecember 1862 Hondo yeFredericksburg.