What did Edgar Allan Poe do after he dropped out of college?

Answer 1

Edgar Allan Poe's died before his first love died. Poe's first love was Sarah Elmira Royster, not Virginia Clemm, whom he ultimately married. Virginia Clemm Poe died in 1847, about 2 years before Poe died. A few months before Poe himself died, he went back to Sarah, who was by this time married and widowed, and asked her to marry him. She accepted however Poe died before they could be married.

Answer 2

After dropping out of college, Edgar Allan Poe joined the U.S. Army. He eventually left the military and focused on his writing career, becoming known for his poetry and short stories in the Gothic genre.

Answer 3

Poe enlisted in the US Army under the name Edgar A. Perry. He had to leave the University of Virginia because he had run up a substantial amount of gambling debts. When Poe's foster father refused to give him money to pay those debts or tuition, Poe had to leave school and find work, so he joined the army.

Answer 4

Before she died on December 8, 1811, Poe's mother attempted to arrange for the care of her three children. Apparently, Frances Allan from Richmond, Virginia had heard of Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe from her acting career. She persuaded her reluctant husband John to take the almost three-year-old Edgar Poe into their home as their foster child sometime in late December of 1811, and he was baptized, Edgar Allan Poe, on January 7, 1812.

Answer 5

Poe enlisted in the US Army under the name Edgar A. Perry. He rose to the rank of Sergeant Major, the highest rank for an enlisted man and was later discharged.