"The Man That Was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign", is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in August 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe, No. I, William H. Graham, Philadelphia, 1843.
General Winfield Scott may have inspired "The Man That Was Used Up".
"A Predicament" is a humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, usually combined with its companion piece "How to Write a Blackwood Article". It was originally titled "The Scythe of Time". The paired st