Edgar Allan Poe’s military career? Nevermore!

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Edgar Allan Poe’s military career? Nevermore!
Posted on January 28, 2011   by Mary


“Charge 1 . . . Gross neglect of Duty.”
“Charge 2 . . . Disobedience of Orders.”

On January 28, 1831, a court-martial convened at the U.S. Military Academy found the defendant guilty of these charges and “adjudg[ed] that the Cadet E. A. Poe be dismissed.”

So ended Edgar Allan Poe’s short career at West Point. He had been admitted to the academy on July 1, 1830, and nearly seven months later, he was out.

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2011/01/28/edgar-allen-poes-military-career-nevermore/