Title Chicago's Irish Legion : the 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War / James B. Swan.

Publication Info.	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index.
Contents	The raising of the Irish Legion -- Attention from two generals -- Life on one cracker a day -- The father of waters unvexed -- The march to Chattanooga -- The Battle of Chattanooga -- The winter of their discontent -- The Atlanta Campaign: approach to Atlanta -- The Atlanta Campaign: battles around Atlanta -- Hazen's summer camp and a stern chase -- An armed picnic -- The handsomest thing I have seen in this war -- Rocking the cradle of secession -- Hail Columbia, happy land -- Leaving the cradle -- Touring tarheel country -- Like the lords of the world -- Epilogue.
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Summary	Extensively documented and richly detailed, Chicago's Irish Legion tells the compelling story of Chicago's 90th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the only Irish regiment in Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's XV Army Corps. Swan's sweeping history of this singular regiment and its pivotal role in the Western Theater of the Civil War draws heavily from primary documents and first-person observations, giving readers an intimate glimpse into the trials and triumphs of ethnic soldiers during one of the most destructive wars in American history. At the onset of the bitter conf.
Subject	United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 90th (1862-1865)
	United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 90th (1862-1865) (OCoLC)fst01564011
	American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
	Irish American soldiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	HISTORY.
	Irish American soldiers. (OCoLC)fst00978930
	Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
	Military participation -- Irish American. (OCoLC)fst01353732
	Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
	Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Swan, James B. Chicago's Irish Legion. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009 9780809328901 0809328909 (DLC) 2008026838 (OCoLC)232327691
ISBN	9781441623676 (electronic bk.)
	1441623671 (electronic bk.)
	9780809386444 (electronic bk.)

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