). He was a great student there, as he had been in all of his other schools, and his translations were remembered as "precisely correct" (Edgar's teens.). However, John Allan did not send enough money for his living expenses so Edgar took to gambling. When he came home with a debt of $2,500, John would not pay it and he would also not allow Edgar to return to the university. He was instead, forced to work in John's firm. .
After two years, Poe moved to Boston and published his first book. By the time the book had come out, Poe had enlisted in the army, and he had done quite well. He advanced to the rank of sergeant major. While in the army he wrote his second book, Aarat, Tamberline and Other Poems by Edgar A. Poe. However, he was not happy in there, so with the help of John Allan and one of his superior officers with whom he was close, Poe was discharged.
Poe did want to further his military career, so with the help of the same people he received an appointment to West Point. His stay there was short too, only one year. But on his leave, Poe got his friends to loan him money so he could publish his third book, Poems by Edgar A. Poe Second Edition (Poems by Edgar.).
He now moved to Baltimore to stay with his aunt and future wife. While living with them he entered MS Found in a Bottle and won a prize of $50. Poe then married his cousin, who, at the time, was only 13. After their marriage he called his old boss up at The Southern Literary Messenger to get his job back, Poe had been fired for drinking. His boss agreed, but if Poe turned to the bottle again he would be fired (The Messenger.).
No matter how hard he tried, he could not stay away from drinking. Two years after getting his job back, Poe was fired. After he was fired not much is known, but his wife died eight years later of tuberculosis. The death of Virginia caused much depression in Poe; it was then that he became addicted to many drugs, mainly opium and laudanum (Poe: A Reflection.
