because poe had a drinking problem
The true name of the poem is "To ___ ___ ___" Poe wrote this to poet Sarah Helen Whitman in 1848. The three blanks intended to refer to Sarah Helen Whitman. Later, in 1850, Rufus Griswold reprinted the poem but with the new title "To Helen" despite the fact that Poe had already written a different poem to a different woman but also entitled "To Helen." After Poe's wife Virginia died, he became engaged to Whitman but she broke it off when Poe was unable to keep the promise he had made to her to stop drinking.
Helen Thornycroft was born in 1848.
Sarah Featon was born in 1848.
Sarah Cooper was born in 1848.
Sarah Cryer was born in 1848.
Sarah Purser was born in 1848.
Helen Allingham was born on 1848-09-26.
Sarah Barnwell Elliott was born in 1848.
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams died in 1848.
Poe wrote a poem titled 'To Helen,' but the reader is left to speculate who 'Helen' might be. Sarah Helen Power Whitman was a poet, essayist, transcendentalist, and Spiritualist, and she is likely the 'Helen' in the poem. The two were engaged to be married in 1848, but it is alleged that Poe's drinking habit caused an end to the engagement.
August 22, 1848 was his Wedding date.
James Longstreet and US Grant knew each other from their time at West Point. They became friends and in 1848, when US Grant married Julia Dent, then Lieutenant James Longstreet attended Grant's wedding ceremony.