Down East Books
Pages: 320
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-60893-346-4 • Paperback • September 2014 • $19.95 • (£14.95)
978-1-60893-347-1 • eBook • September 2014 • $9.95 • (£7.95)
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.
Preface
Introduction
Who Was John Haley?: A Brief Biography
Prologue
1. Camp King, Cape Elizabeth
2. Off to the Land of Dixie
3. The Chase is On
4. Fredericksburg
5. The Mud March
6. Chancellorsville
7. March to Gettysburg
8. Battle of Gettysburg
9. From Gettysburg to the Wilderness
10. Winter and Spring of 1864
11. Battle of the Wilderness
12. Battle of Po River
13. Spotsylvania
14. Battle of Cold Harbor
15. The Siege of Petersburg Begins
16. Autumns Siege of Petersburg
17. Winter of 1865
18. The Fall of Petersburg
19. Appomattox
20. The Long Road
21. Roster of Company I
Appendices
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
A significant bit of Americana and an absolute must for Civil War buffs.
— Publishers Weekly
This reviewer has never read a Civil War journal quite like this one. Haley was a wonderfully witty writer...the universal soldier...The Rebel Yell & the Yankee Hurrah is destined to become a classic among Civil War journals.
— Civil War Times
The journal is a real "find" which provides poignant insight into the war as viewed by a young, articulate man in the ranks.
— Blue & Gray Magazine
Haley’s journal is a wealth of details, from the daily mileage counts of marching over hill and dale, frequently in foul weather and unfamiliar terrain, to encounters with strangers of great wealth or great poverty.
— The Quoddy Tides