John W. Haley

The Rebel Yell & the Yankee Hurrah

The Civil War Journal of a Maine Volunteer

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On an I will if you will dare, John Haley enlisted in the 17th Maine Regiment in August 1862 for three years, unless sooner discharged. (Discharged, shot, or starved would have been more accurate, Haley later wryly observed.) Though a reluctant soldier at first, he served steadfastly in the Army of the Potomac for nearly three years, participating in some of the most significant battles of the Civil War.John Haley was not the only soldier to record each day's events in his journal by firelight or by picket's lantern, for his was a literate generation. He was unusual in that he later painstakingly rewrote his battlefield notes, reflecting at l… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Silliker, Ruth L. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-60893-346-4
EAN: 9781608933464
Produktnummer: 16098040
Verlag: Down East Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 322 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 497 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 497

Über den Autor

Freelance writer Ruth Silliker lives in Saco, Maine with her husband. She unearthed John Haley's chronicles in 1981, while researching another project at Saco's Dyer Library, and she was so taken with her discovery that she put aside her other writing pursuits in order to devote all her time and energy to editing this memoir.