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Edgar Allan Poe

  • Edgar was born

    Edgar was born
  • Edgars father abandons them

    Edgars father abandons them
    just 1810 not 15 april
  • poe real mother died of tb

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  • poe was babtized

    poe was babtized
    not correct month/date
  • Poe moved back with the Allans to Richmond, Virginia

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  • studied at a boarding school in Chelsea until summer

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  • Poe enlisted in the United States Army as a private.

    Poe enlisted in the United States Army as a private.
  • Poe finally was discharged

  • Poe traveled to West Point and matriculated as a cadet

  • John Allan married his second wife, Louisa Patterson.

  • he was tried for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders for refusing to attend formations, classes, or church.

  • he released a third volume of poems, simply titled Poems.

  • He returned to Baltimore, to his aunt, brother and cousin

  • His elder brother Henry, who had been in ill health in part due to problems with alcoholism, died

  • The Baltimore Saturday Visiter awarded Poe a prize

  • his poem "The Raven" appeared in the Evening Mirror and became a popular sensation.

  • Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious, "in great distress, and... in need of immediate assistance", according to the man who found him, Joseph W. Walker.

  • poe dies

    poe dies
  • annabel lee was published between 1849 and 1850

  • "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843.