October 1824: A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe was a part of a Junior Honor Color Guard that led Revolutionary War General Marquis De Lafayette around Richmond. Lafayette and Poe stopped at a home on Main Street to visit the Ege family, who had assisted in the revolution. 98 years later, that home would become the Poe Museum. ...
Poe Timeline
Edgar Allan Poe Died
October 7th, 1849: After several days in the hospital, suffering from unknown ailments, Edgar Allan Poe died. Although there are many theories about his demise, the true cause of Poe’s death has never been determined. ...
Poe Found in Baltimore
October 3rd, 1849: Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious and wearing someone else’s clothes in a tavern in Baltimore. He was taken to a hospital due to his alarming physical and mental distress. ...
Poe’s Left Richmond for a Trip
September 27th, 1849: Edgar Allan Poe left Richmond on a boat to Baltimore. From Baltimore, he planned to go to Philadelphia to see a client, then travel to New York to gather his things and take his mother-in-law Maria and their possessions back to Richmond to permanently live with Elmira. ...