Extensively documented and richly detailed, Chicago s Irish Legion tells the compelling story of Chicago s 90th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the only Irish regiment in Major General William Tecumseh Sherman s XV Army Corps. Swan s sweeping history of thissingular regiment and its pivotal role in the Western Theater of the Civil War draws heavily from primary documents and first-person observations, giving readers an intimate glimpse into the trials and triumphs of ethnic soldiersduring one of the most destructive wars in American history.

At the onset of the bitter conflict between...