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| Keywords: Trial of Cadet E. A. Poe - NARA - 301660.tif Scope and content Poe arrived at West Point in June 1830 and submitted himself to the rigors and regimens of the Academy There were long days filled with study and military drills The food was poor the quarters crowded and spartan and discipline rigid Poe did well academically but was soon undone by continuing quarrels with his foster father and money problems During his first term he decided to leave West Point but could not resign without the consent of his foster father When Allen did not consent Poe set out to get himself court-martialed and dismissed He neglected his studies and failed to report for parades roll-calls and guard duty On January 28 1831 he was court-martialed These papers from the trial list charges against Cadet Poe gross neglect of duty and absence from his academical duties; on March 6 1831 he was dismissed from West Point by sentence of court-martial General notes Exhibit History American Originals December 1997 - December 1998 National Archives Washington DC Exhibit No 624 0196 301660 Local identifier War Department Office of the Judge Advocate General 1884 - 09/18/1947 Most Recent <br /> War Department The Adjutant General's Office 1821 - 04/28/1904 Predecessor <br /> War Department Bureau of Military Justice 1864 - 1884 Predecessor NARA-Author Poe Edgar Allan 1809-1849 Defendant 1307948 <br /> Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1831-01-28 Record group Record Group 153 Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General Army 1792 - 2010 Record group ARC 482 Court Martial Case Files compiled 12/1800 - 10/1894 Series ARC 301659 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-153-PC29E15-CC72 2 <br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-153-PC29E15-CC72 2 yes Other versions <gallery> File Trial_of_Cadet_E _A _Poe_-_NARA_-_301660 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov United States Military Academy Edgar Allan Poe Courts martial 1831 documents United States military law NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs | ||||