Daughter of Horace Elliot and descendant of Puritan missionary John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians.
A favorite amongst her teachers for her skill with words, she began to contribute poetry to periodicals at an early age under the name "Ethel Lynn". She appended Beers after her marriage to William Beers in 1846. Her most famous poem, "The Picket Guard", first appeared in Harper's Weekly on November 30, 1861 but has become better known by its first line: "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight." In 1864 the book " A Selection of War Lyrics" was published in New York entitled and of the seven poems selected, two are by Ethel Lynn Beers: "All Quiet Along the Potomac" and "On the Shores of Tennessee."
She feared publishing her collected works as she thought she would die after its publication, a premonition which came true. She died the day after the publication of her poetry collection All Quiet Along the Potomac and Other Poems.
Her poems appeared in many publications but most frequently in the New York Ledger. Some of her poems include "Weighing the Baby", "Which Shall It Be?", and "Baby Looking Out For Me", General Frankie: a Story for Little Folks. "The Burnt Overcoat", "Company K" and "The Baggage Wagon."
Source:
- Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 By William Horace Eliot
A favorite amongst her teachers for her skill with words, she began to contribute poetry to periodicals at an early age under the name "Ethel Lynn". She appended Beers after her marriage to William Beers in 1846. Her most famous poem, "The Picket Guard", first appeared in Harper's Weekly on November 30, 1861 but has become better known by its first line: "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight." In 1864 the book " A Selection of War Lyrics" was published in New York entitled and of the seven poems selected, two are by Ethel Lynn Beers: "All Quiet Along the Potomac" and "On the Shores of Tennessee."
She feared publishing her collected works as she thought she would die after its publication, a premonition which came true. She died the day after the publication of her poetry collection All Quiet Along the Potomac and Other Poems.
Her poems appeared in many publications but most frequently in the New York Ledger. Some of her poems include "Weighing the Baby", "Which Shall It Be?", and "Baby Looking Out For Me", General Frankie: a Story for Little Folks. "The Burnt Overcoat", "Company K" and "The Baggage Wagon."
Source:
- Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 By William Horace Eliot
Daughter of Horace Elliot and descendant of Puritan missionary John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians.
A favorite amongst her teachers for her skill with words, she began to contribute poetry to periodicals at an early age under the name "Ethel Lynn". She appended Beers after her marriage to William Beers in 1846. Her most famous poem, "The Picket Guard", first appeared in Harper's Weekly on November 30, 1861 but has become better known by its first line: "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight." In 1864 the book " A Selection of War Lyrics" was published in New York entitled and of the seven poems selected, two are by Ethel Lynn Beers: "All Quiet Along the Potomac" and "On the Shores of Tennessee."
She feared publishing her collected works as she thought she would die after its publication, a premonition which came true. She died the day after the publication of her poetry collection All Quiet Along the Potomac and Other Poems.
Her poems appeared in many publications but most frequently in the New York Ledger. Some of her poems include "Weighing the Baby", "Which Shall It Be?", and "Baby Looking Out For Me", General Frankie: a Story for Little Folks. "The Burnt Overcoat", "Company K" and "The Baggage Wagon."
Source:
- Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 By William Horace Eliot
A favorite amongst her teachers for her skill with words, she began to contribute poetry to periodicals at an early age under the name "Ethel Lynn". She appended Beers after her marriage to William Beers in 1846. Her most famous poem, "The Picket Guard", first appeared in Harper's Weekly on November 30, 1861 but has become better known by its first line: "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight." In 1864 the book " A Selection of War Lyrics" was published in New York entitled and of the seven poems selected, two are by Ethel Lynn Beers: "All Quiet Along the Potomac" and "On the Shores of Tennessee."
She feared publishing her collected works as she thought she would die after its publication, a premonition which came true. She died the day after the publication of her poetry collection All Quiet Along the Potomac and Other Poems.
Her poems appeared in many publications but most frequently in the New York Ledger. Some of her poems include "Weighing the Baby", "Which Shall It Be?", and "Baby Looking Out For Me", General Frankie: a Story for Little Folks. "The Burnt Overcoat", "Company K" and "The Baggage Wagon."
Source:
- Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 By William Horace Eliot
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