Netflix’s “The Pale Blue Eye” portrays Edgar Allan Poe as a young West Point cadet. Here’s the true story of his brief, failed military career.
gives us an excuse to dwell on that possibility. The fictional film tells the story of a former New York City policeman played by Christian Bale searching for clues to a gruesome crime at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., in 1830. He is ably assisted in the investigation by none other than young cadet Poe, portrayed by Harry Melling.
By all accounts, Poe rarely lived up to that ideal. He had a fondness for drink, betting and women. His impropriety may have actually led him to join the Army. Poe had a falling out with his foster father, who objected to the young man’s gambling and other debts. The aspiring poet attended the University of Virginia in 1826 but soon left after Allan refused to cover his “exorbitant expenditures,” wrotePoe enlisted in the Army in Boston in 1827.
In 1829, Poe was released from his five-year enlistment in the Army so he could become a cadet at West Point, securing an appointment from President Andrew Jackson — this time under his legal name. After reconciling with his foster father, he reported for duty on July 1, 1830, at the military academy overlooking the Hudson River.
later wrote that “Poe was a brilliant student, but had an aversion to mathematics, and that his inability to do well in that subject made him decide to leave West Point.”Other factors may have led to his departure, however. Poe had another argument over money with Allan, who removed his foster son from his will.
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