Chicago's Irish Legion [electronic resource] : the 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War / James B. Swan.
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TextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009.Description: xii, 306 p. : ill., maps, portSubject(s): - United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 90th (1862-1865)
- Irish American soldiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- 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
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 973.7/473 22
- E505.5 90th .S93 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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