provided settings for "The Gold Bug" and "The Balloon Hoax". After 2 years of service, during which he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major, he served, with Mr Allan's aid, a discharge from the Army and went to Baltimore. He lived there with his aunt, Mrs. Maria Poe Clemm, on the small amounts of money sent by Mr. Allan until he received an appointment to the U.S Military Academy at West Point.
             Meanwhile Poe published a 2nd book of poetry in 1829, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. After another quarrel with Allan, Poe no longer received aid from his foster father. Poe than took the only method of release from the Academy and got himself dismissed on March 6th, 1831.
             Soon after Poe left West Point, a third volume appeared: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Second Edition. While living in Baltimore with his aunt, young Poe began writing prose tales. 5 of these appeared in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier in 1832.
             In 1833 after winning a prize of 50$ for his short story "MS Found in a Bottle", he started a ca
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