Chicago's Irish Legion [electronic resource] : the 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War / James B. Swan.
Material type: TextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009Description: xii, 306 p. : ill., maps, portISBN: 9780809386444 (electronic bk.)Subject(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, 1861-1865Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/473 LOC classification: E505.5 90th | .S93 2009Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes 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.
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