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Author Swan, James B.

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

Imprint Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 306 p. : ill., maps, port.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780809328901 (cloth alk. paper)
0809328909 (cloth alk. paper)
9780809386444 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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