Answer:
Edgar Allan Poe joined the army as a way to support himself due to an estranged relationship with the foster father who had financially supported him. He enlisted under the name Edgar A. Perry and was probably not legally old enough to enlist.
Explanation:
The U.S. Army
Edgar went to Boston and joined the U.S. Army in 1827. He was 18. He did reasonably well in the Army and attained the rank of sergeant major.
