All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight

Authors

Ethel Lynn Beers
John Hill Hewitt
Lamar Fontaine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1864

Abstract

All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight: Ethel Lynn Beers/ Lamar Fontaine/ J. H. Hewitt: Julian A. Shelby: n.d. : Vocal Solo.

The song was originally published in Harper's Weekly as a poem titled "The Picket Guard" in 1861. This copy of the sheet music states that the lyrics were written by Lamar Fontaine.

Comments

Lamar Fontaine claimed to have written the lyrics, but it has been thought that Ethel Lynn Beers was the original author.

Recommended Citation

Beers, Ethel Lynn; Fontaine, Lamar & Hewitt, John Hill . "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight", 1864, Civil War Sheet Music Collection. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.