Why did Edgar Allan Poe enter the army under the name Perry?

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Why did Edgar Allan Poe enter the army under the name Perry?

-- Anonymous, February 02, 2002

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Hey. Poe enter the army under the name Perry to escape all the people who he owed money. He was seriously in debt because he gamble to make ends meet, so he needed a way out.

-- Anonymous, February 03, 2002

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