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

James B. Swan (Author)
A detailed account of the history of the 90th Illinois Infantry Regiment, known as the "Chicago Irish Regiment", the only Irish regiment in Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's XV Army Corps, and its pivotal role in the Western Theater of the Civil War. It gives a glimpse into the trials and triumphs of ethnic soldiers during the war
Print Book, English, 2009
Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, 2009
History
xii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780809328901, 0809328909
232327691
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