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Leading From the Front

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He was a man who could have had it easy. Enoch Poor had built a comfortable life for himself in Exeter, New Hampshire. He was a skilled craftsman, a successful shipbuilder, and a respected merchant. He had a wife he loved, children he cherished, and a business that provided for his family and neighbors alike. But when the call to arms came, when the fires of rebellion lit up the colonies, Poor didn’t stay in his shop carving dovetail joints. He picked up a musket and answered the call, and for the next five years he led thousands of men through snow, mud, hunger, sickness, and battle in a fight for independence. And then, in 1780, he died under circumstances so murky and controversial they’re still being debated today. What is clear, though, is that Enoch Poor was one of the best men Washington ever had.
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He was a man who could have had it easy. Enoch Poor had built a comfortable life for himself in Exeter, New Hampshire. He was a skilled craftsman, a successful shipbuilder, and a respected merchant. He had a wife he loved, children he cherished, and a business that provided for his family and neighbors alike. But when the call to arms came, when the fires of rebellion lit up the colonies, Poor didn’t stay in his shop carving dovetail joints. He picked up a musket and answered the call, and for the next five years he led thousands of men through snow, mud, hunger, sickness, and battle in a fight for independence. And then, in 1780, he died under circumstances so murky and controversial they’re still being debated today. What is clear, though, is that Enoch Poor was one of the best men Washington ever had.
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