1. Enoch Poor was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
12 Facts About Enoch Poor
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Enoch Poor was a ship builder and merchant from Exeter, New Hampshire.
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In 1755, Enoch Poor enlisted as a private in one of the Massachusetts units raised to accompany Jeffery Amherst's expedition to retake Louisburg during the French and Indian War.
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Enoch Poor eloped with Martha Osgood, and they settled in Exeter where he became a successful ship builder.
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Enoch Poor supported the separatists as early as the Stamp Act protests in 1765.
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Enoch Poor served on various committees for Exeter throughout the period of rising rebellion.
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The Battle of Lexington caused the assembly to call for three regiments of militia, and Enoch Poor became the colonel of the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment.
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Enoch Poor held the American left flank, extending into the woods and even wrapping around the British position.
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Enoch Poor held fire until they came very close, then opened up with the massed fire of his 1,400 men.
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Enoch Poor then turned to his left and gave support to Ebenezer Learned and Morgan's men.
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Enoch Poor accompanied the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, leading a brigade in the victory at Battle of Newtown.
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Enoch Poor was buried in the First Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery in Hackensack.