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Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle.” All quiet along the Potomac to-night, Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ; Their tents, in the rays of the clear autumn moon Or the light of the watch-fire, are gleaming. A tremulous sign, as the gentle night-wind Through the forest-leaves softly is creeping ;
Ethel Lynn Beers (born Ethelinda Eliot; January 13, 1827 – October 11, 1879) was an American poet best known for her patriotic and sentimental Civil War poem "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight". Biography
October 10 – American poet Ethel Lynn Beers' collected works "All Quiet Along The Potomac" and Other Poems (including her most well-known work "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight") are published; the following day she dies aged 52 at Orange, New Jersey.
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In 1863 and 1864, Hewitt traveled with the Queen Sisters as a songwriter. They popularized his song "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight", which became such a hit that his publisher went through five printings of the sheet music. [2] His poetry, music, and drama grew increasingly pro-Southern and pro-Confederate.
The city, which is home to 49,310 residents, is on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., and sits across the Potomac River from Potomac, Maryland (another one of the richest cities in America).
October 10 – The collected works of the American poet Ethel Lynn Beers are published as All Quiet Along The Potomac and Other Poems. The title poem is her best-known work. On the following day she dies aged 52 at Orange, New Jersey.
Dreifuss already had an impressive resume before he joined production on Edward Berger’s four-time Oscar-winning feature adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which launched him ...