William Thomas Poague (December 20, 1835 – September 8, 1914) was a Confederate States Army officer serving in the artillery during the American Civil War.

[1] Poague commanded the battalion at Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, and Cold Harbor.

Hill turned to Poague, firing double charges, because things were so desperate that it could not be even delayed to allow wounded Confederates to get out of the way.

He served as the treasurer of the Virginia Military Institute under superintendents Francis H. Smith and Battle of New Market hero Scott Shipp from 1884 until his death on September 8, 1914.

A home Poague built in 1885 is still structurally sound and remains in private use as a residence to this day, on Main Street in Lexington, Virginia.