All Quiet Along the Potomac, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 13 relations: All Quiet on the Western Front, Ancestry.com, Erich Maria Remarque, Ethel Lynn Beers, First Battle of Bull Run, George B. McClellan, Harper's Weekly, John Hill Hewitt, Lamar Fontaine, List of anti-war songs, Picket (military), Poetry, United States Secretary of War.

2. 1861 poems
3. 1863 songs
4. Works originally published in Harper's Weekly

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front (lit) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma during the war as well as the detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home from the war.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque (born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist.

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Ethel Lynn Beers

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".

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First Battle of Bull Run

The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas.

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George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862.

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Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City.

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John Hill Hewitt

John Hill Hewitt (July 11, 1801, New York City — October 7, 1890, Baltimore) was an American composer, playwright, and poet.

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Lamar Fontaine

Lamar Fontaine (October 10, 1829 - October 1, 1921) was an American military officer, spy, surveyor, poet and author.

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List of anti-war songs

Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others satirize war.

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Picket (military)

A picket (archaically, picquet) is a soldier, or small unit of soldiers, placed on a defensive line forward of a friendly position to provide timely warning and screening against an enemy advance.

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Poetry

Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.

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United States Secretary of War

The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.

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See also

1861 poems

• "Hope" is the thing with feathers
• 1861 in poetry
• All Quiet Along the Potomac
• Korobeiniki (poem)
• Paul Revere's Ride
• The Forest of Anykščiai
• The Vacant Chair
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley

1863 songs

• Abide with Me, 'Tis Eventide
• All Quiet Along the Potomac
• Eton Boating Song
• La Paloma
• Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above
• The Arkansas Traveler (song)
• We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When This Cruel War Is Over

Works originally published in Harper's Weekly

• A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
• All Quiet Along the Potomac
• Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum
• Andy's Trip
• Great Expectations
• Man and Wife (novel)
• Southern Justice (political cartoon)
• The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
• The Adventure of the Crooked Man
• The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
• The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
• The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
• The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
• The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
• The Adventure of the Resident Patient
• The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
• The Adventure of the Yellow Face
• The Awkward Age

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_Along_the_Potomac

Also known as All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight, The Picket-Guard.