Chicago's Irish Legion the 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War /

Swan, James B.

Chicago's Irish Legion the 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War / [electronic resource] : James B. Swan. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009. - xii, 306 p. : ill., maps, port.

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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780809386444 (electronic bk.)




United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 90th (1862-1865)


Irish American soldiers--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.


United States--History--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, Irish American.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Chicago (Ill.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.


Electronic books.

E505.5 90th / .S93 2009

973.7/473