Beers, Ethel Lynn (1827–1879)

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Beers, Ethel Lynn (1827–1879)

American poet. Name variations: (pen name) Ethel Lynn. Born Ethelinda Eliot, Jan 13, 1827, in Goshen, NY; died Oct 11, 1879, in Orange, New Jersey; descendent of John Eliot (Indian missionary); m. William H. Beers, Mar 1846.

Published poem "The Picket Guard" in Harper's Magazine (1861), which was the basis for Civil War lyric, "All Quiet Along the Potomac," a rallying point during the war; published other popular poems, including "Weighing the Baby" and "Which Shall It Be?"; other works include General Frankie: A Story for Little Folks (1863).

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