Silas' Library
of Links
You can spend hours in here and still not examine all the links
Outline of Links
Found Below
(hyperlink is a little slow, but it does get to where you want to
go)
Quick Link to Notes from My
Presentations at the 2009 NCWA Winterquarters
Reenacting Articles of Interest
Fine Tuning Your Impression - by R. Denton
My Ten Drill Reenactorisms - from Mark (Silas) Tackitt
Manual of Arms for Infantry: A Re-examination - by Geoff Walden and Dom Dal Bello
Gilhams verses Hardees - from Mike Bussey, 1st Tennessee
On Guard! A Primer for Civil War Military Security Duties - from the Capital Guards (6th Arkansas) Website
Right Shoulder Shift with Charge Bayonet? - from Mark (Silas) Tackitt
Right Shoulder Shift: A Reexamination by John Stillwagon of the Southern Guard Living History Ass'n
Rest, Rest, Rest, and Rest! or Don't let established reenacting practices interfere with period practices by Mark (Silas) Tackitt
Support for Support Arms by Marc A. Hermann of the The Daybreak B'hoys - Hardtack Society - Liberty Rifles
Know Your Guides: marching by the flank and a column of companies - from Mark (Silas) Tackitt
Drill Manoeuver of the Month - from the 6th Texas, Co. K
GETTING THE ‘POINT’ ACROSS: Instruction for Infantry Officers in the Correct Use of Swords by T.R.Wheeley
Parade Procedures for the Palmetto Battalion - generally follows parade procedures in the period manuals. Contains a unique method of trooping the colors. Other Drill related links from the Palmetto Battalion
Notes on Charge Bayonet by Dom DalBello - a pdf file
Nearly all of the below links were copied from the excellent Drill Network page from the Liberty Greys (1st MD) of the 6th Battalion, Southern Legion, 1st Division, Army of Northern Virginia.
NCO Manual
The Second Sergeant
How to Study Hardee's School of the Battalion
Upton's Comparison
1891 Comparison
On Forming the Company
OBSTACLE!
Gilham's Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the Confederate States (1861)
Duryée's Standing Orders of the Seventh Regiment, National Guard, for the Regulation and Government of the Regiment in the Field or in Quarters (1861) by Abram Duryée
Patten's Army manual: containing instructions for officers in the preparation of rolls, returns and accounts (1864) by Lt. Col. George Washington Patten
National Guard Manual by Stephen R. Pinckney, Col. 95th N.Y. Nat'l Guard (1864)
Compend of instructions in military tactics, and the manual of percussion arms, with extracts from the U.S. Army Regulations, by Ebenezer Whitten Stone, Adj't General of Massachusetts (1857)
Gibbon's The Artillerist's Manual (1860) by John Gibbon
A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery: compiled for the use of the cadets of the United States Military Academy (1862) by Capt. James Gilchrist Benton
Instruction for Field Artillery (1860) by United States War Dept
Instruction for Heavy Artillery (1851) by United States War Dept
Instructions for Mountain Artillery (1851) by United States War Dep't
The ordnance manual for the use of officers of the United States Army by United States Army Ordnance Dep't, (Alfred Mordecai)
(2d Edition, 1850)
(3d Edition, 1862)Patten's Artillery drill: containing instruction in the school of the piece and and battery manoeuvres (1863) by Lt. Col. George Washington Patten
Roberts' Hand-book of Artillery for the Service of the United States: (Army & Militia) (1863) by Joseph Roberts
Cooke's Cavalry tactics, or, Regulations for the instruction, formations and movements of the cavalry of the army and volunteers of the United States (1861) by Col. Philip St. George Cooke, 2d U.S. Cavalry
Volume 1 - scanned copy
Volume 2 - scanned copyCavalry Tactics (1862) an html version
Davis' The Trooper's Manual : Or, Tactics for Light Dragoons and Mounted Riflemen by Col. J. Lucius Davis, CSA (1861)
McClellan's Regulations and Instructions for the Field Service of the U.S. Cavalry in Time of War by Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan (1862)Patten's Cavalry drill and sabre exercise (1864) by Lt. Col. George Washington Patten
Poinsett's Cavalry Tactics,
Vol. 1 : School of the Trooper, of the Platoon, and of the Squadron, Dismounted (1855)
Vol. 2 : School of the Trooper, of the Platoon, and of the Squadron, Mounted (1855)
Vol. 3 : Evolutions of a Regiment (1862)Berriman's The Militiaman's Manual: And Sword-play Without a Master : Rapier and Broad-Sword Exercises (1861) by Matthew W. Berriman
Cary's Skirmishers' Drill and Bayonet Exercise: With Suggestions for the Soldier in Actual Conflict by Lt. Col R. Milton Cary, Prov. Army, VA (1861)
DalBello's Manual for the Sword. That link is to a downloadable document. You can view it in html by clicking here.
Kelton's A New Manual of the Bayonet for the Army and Militia of the United States by John Cunningham Kelton
McClellan's Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United States by Bvt. Capt. George Brinton McClellan
McClellan's Bayonet Exercise (html)
O'Rourke's New System of Sword Exercise with a Manual of the Sword for Officers (1872) by Matthew O'Rourke
Patten's Infantry tactics, bayonet drill, and small sword exercise (1865) by Lt. Col. George Washington Patten
Silas' Manual of Battalion Drill (2d Edition, 2008). View and print this FREE, thirty two page, double sided manual of battalion drill. This is the former manual of drill for the Army of Tennessee of the North South Alliance.
Silas' Booklet about Guards, Pickets, Camps and Marches (2009). View and print this FREE, fourteen page, double sided booklet of procedures.
Baxter's The Volunteer's Manual: Containing Full Instructions for the Recruit, in the Schools of the Soldier and Squad by Lt. Col. DeWitt Clinton Baxter (1861)
Baxter's The Volunteer's Manual by Lt.Col. Baxter (1861) - from the 2d Wisconsin website
Baxter's Manual - html
Casey's Infantry Tactics (1862)
"Casey's Revised"
VOLUME I : Schools of the Soldier and Company (1863) ;
VOLUME II : School of the Battalion (1862) ;
VOLUME III : Evolutions of a Brigade and Corps D'Armee (1862)Casey's Manual of Arms as demonstrated by the 122d New York
Casey's U.S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres, of the Soldier, a Company, Line of Skirmishers, and Battalion for the use of the Colored Troops of the United States Infantry by United States War Department (1863)
Cooper's Volunteer's Manual (1836), a Concise System of Instructions and Regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the United States by Brevet Capt. S. Cooper, Aid de Camp and Assistant Adjutant General
Coppee's Field Manual for Battalion Drill: Containing the Exercises and Manœuvres in the School of the Battalion by Capt. Henry Coppee
Duffield's School of the Brigade and Evolutions of the Line or Rules for the Exercise and Manœuvres of Brigades and Divisions (1862) by Col. Wm. Duffield
Duffield's Camp, Garrison & Guard Duty: With a Modified Manual of Arms for the Officers & Soldiers of the Michigan Infantry (1861)
Ellsworth's Manual of arms for light infantry: adapted to the rifled musket (1861) by Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
Gilham's Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the Confederate States (1861) - a complete scanned copy
Godfrey's Rhymed Tactics (1862)
Hardee's Infantry Tactics (1855)
U.S. Infantry Tactics (1861) for the instruction, exercise, and manouvres of the Unted States infantry, including infantry of the line, light infantry, and riflemen. Scanned copy of original.
U.S. Infantry Tactics (1861) a google scanned copy of original.
Hardee's Revised and Improved Tactics (1862)
Hardee's Revised : School of the Battalion (Goetzel, 1863). Not a great scan of an original, but a scan none the less.
Hardee's Revised : School of the Battalion (1862) - my personal version with the hyperlinks and period drawings
Heth's A System of Target Practice: For the Use of Troops when Armed with the Musket, Rifle-Musket, Rifle, or Carbine (1858/1862) by United States War Dept, Capt. Henry Heth
Infantry Tactics for Schools: Explained and Illustrated for the Use of Teachers and Scholars (1863)
Lee's The Volunteer's Handbook (1861) Containing an Abridgement of Hardee's Infantry Tactics Adapted to the Use of the Precussion Musket in Squad and Company Exercies, Manual of Arms for Riflemen, and U.S. Army Regulations as to Parades, Reviews, Inspections, Guard Mounting, Etc. by James K. Lee, of the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers.
Lee's The Volunteer's Handbook (1861) - html version
LeGal's School of the Guides : Designed for the Use of the Militia of the United States (1859) by Col. Eugene LeGal
School of the Guides - my personal version in html formatMorris' Infantry Tactics:
Vol. 1: Comprising the School of the Soldier; School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers;
Vol. 2 : School of the Battalion; Evolutions of the Brigade; and Directions for Manœuvring the Division and and the Corps D'Armee
by Brig. Gen. William Hopkins Morris, U.S. Vol's (1865)Pace's Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics: For the Exercise and Maneuvers of Troops when acting as Light Infantry or Riflemen. Prepared Expressly for the Use of the Militia of the Territory of Utah. By Col. William B. Pace, Nauvoo Legion. (1865)
Patten's Infantry tactics, bayonet drill, and small sword exercise (1865) by Lt. Col. George Washington Patten
Scott's Militia Tactics: Comprising the Duty of Infantry, Light-infantry and Riflemen by Lt. Col. Pierce Darrow, Winfield Scott (1821)
Scott's Abstract of Infantry Tactics; Including Exercises and Manueuvres of Light-infantry and Riflemen; for the Use of the Militia of the United States. (1830)
Scott's Infantry Tactics, or Rules for the Exercise and Manœuvres of the United States Infantry (1835)
Scanned copies of Scott's :
School of the Soldier (volume I) (1835)
School of the Battalion (volume II) (1852)
Evolutions of the Line (volume III) (1861)Steffen's Digest of the U.S. Tactics for the Use of Officers (1862), prepared by Col. Wm. Steffen, of the Forty Fourth Mass. Regiment.
Upton's Infantry Tactics, Double and Single Rank, Adapted to American Topography and Improved Fire-Arms by Bvt. Major General Emory Upton (1875)
Wilcox's Rifles and Rifle Practice: An Elementary Treatise Upon the Theory of Rifle Firing by Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Instruction for Naval Light Artillery : Afloat and Ashore by William Harwar Parker, Stephen Bleecker Luce, United States Naval Academy
Andrews' Hints to Company Officers on Their Military Duties (1863) by Christopher Columbus Andrews, 3d Minn.
Butterfield's Camp and Outpost Duty by Gen. Daniel Butterfield
Craighill's The Army Officer's Pocket Companion: Principally Designed for Staff Officers in the Field (1862) by William Price Craighill
Duane's Manual for Engineer Troops (1864) by James Chatham Duane
Grace's The Army Surgeon's Manual by William Grace, Surgeon-General's Office (1864)
Kautz's The company clerk : showing how and when to make out all the returns, reports, rolls, and other papers, and what to do with them by Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz, 12th Ed. (1865)
Kautz's Customs of Service for Officers of the Army (1868) - by Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz - scanned version by google books
Customs of Service for Officers of the Army - by Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz - pdf file
Kautz's Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers - by Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz - scanned version by google books
Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers - by Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz - pdf file
Duties of the First Sergeant - from Kautz's Customs of Service
Duties of the Sergeant Major - from Kautz's Customs of Service
Lippitt's A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry (1865) by Francis James Lippitt
Lippitt's The Special Operations of War: Comprising the Forcing and Defence of Defiles (1868) by Francis James Lippitt
Lippitt's Field Service in War: Comprising Marches, Camps and Cantonments, Outposts, Convoys, Reconnaissances, Foraging, and Notes on Logistics (1869) by Bvt. Brig. Gen. Francis James Lippitt
Mahan's Advanced-guard, out-post, and detachment service of troops, with the essential principles of strategy, and grand tactics for the use of officers of the militia and volunteers (1863) by Dennis Hart Mahan
Out-Post by Dennis Hart Mahan
A treatise on field fortification: containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments (1862) by Dennis Hart Mahan
Marcy's The Prairie Traveler: A Handbook for Overland Expeditions (1859) - by Capt. Randolph B. Marcy, U.S. Army
Ordronaux's Hints on Health in Armies (1863) by John Ordronaux
Scott's Military Dictionary comprising technical definitions; information on raising and keeping troops; actual service, including makeshifts and improved material
Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, (1864) Revised and Enlarged with a New and Copious Index By Confederate States of America War Dept, James Alexander Seddon (google scanned version)
Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States - pdf file
Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1857
Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861: With a Full Index By United States War Dept (1862)
Revised U.S. Army Regulations for 1861 with an appendix containing the changed and laws affecting Army regulations and Articles of war to June 25, 1863 (the google scanned version)
Revised U.S. Army Regulations for 1861 with an appendix containing the changed and laws affecting Army regulations and Articles of war to June 25, 1863 (the University of Michigan scanned version)
Revised Regulations for the Pay Department of the United States Army, 1861 By United States Pay Dept. (War Dept.)
Instructions for Making Muster-rolls, Mustering into Service Periodical Payments, and Discharging from Service Volunteers or Militia (Revised) (1863) - War Dep't
The United States Service Magazine : Volume I ; Volume III ; Volume IV ; Volume V
What a Company Officer Should Know (1917) By Major John Campbell McArthur
Army Paper Work: A Short, Concise Treatise on Paper Work for Army Officers (1917)
Confederate Coffee Substitutes - period newspaper receipts about efforts to replicate the exilir of life
Extract of Coffee for the Army by Art Ayotte (Fugawee Corp)
The Value of a Little Research - Q & A's about dried beef during the war
No One Loves Me Like My Tomato Can - An article about traveling light
Trail Foods - this is from a mountain man page, but it has some excellent receipts
When Food is in Season by Dave Rodgers of the Texas Ground Hornets
The Army Ration : how to diminish its weight and bulk, secure economy in its administration, avoid waste, and increase the comfort, efficiency, and mobility of troops by Even Norton Horsford (1864)
How to Feed an Army By United States War Dept. Subsistence Dept.
Camp Fires and Camp Cooking : hints for the soldier by Capt. James Sanderson, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers (1862)
The American Home Cook Book (1864)
Less is More by Mark (Silas) Tackitt
Staying Dry in Rainy Weather - How to do it with the stuff on your back by Andrew Jerram
The Enfield in the Civil War - or - "To Blue or Not to Blue" by Geoff Walden
Western Confederate Uniform Guidelines - A great page from the Lazy Jacks.
Columbia Rifles Guide to Improving Your Federal Soldier Impression
The 1861 U.S. Uniform Regulations
Oilcloth and Painted Accouterments from the Palmetto Battalion's links
Campaigner on a Budget from Jim Butler of the Salt River Rifles
Elizabeth Stewart Clark's Sewing Academy
Confederate "Columbus Depot" Jackets: The Material Evidence by Geoffrey R. Walden - one of the best reenacting articles published on the internet
A Survey of Confederate Central Government Quartermaster Issue Jackets - Part I by Leslie D. Jensen. Click here for part II, and click here for part III.
Confederate Buttons from the Lazy Jacks Mess
Original Civil War Uniforms - a great page from John Wedeward with photos of original sack coats, frock coats, shell jackets, overcoats, and trousers.
Original Federal Uniforms and Equipage from the 14th Connecticut's homepage
Oilcloth and Painted Cloth Accouterments - by Jack Cox
Which Federal Sack Coat? by K.C. MacDonald of the Lazy Jacks
Photographic Compilation of Federal Enlisted Men Wearing Dark Blue Pants in 1862 and Beyond By Paul A. Boccadoro
Patching Your Uniform by John Wedeward - a pdf file
Observations on Civil War Era Shirts by Jason Rich of Homespun Wares
General Order No. 60 re: Shelter Tent Dimensions date December 12, 1864 and corrected February 1, 1865 from The Arsenal, a serious CW sutler
Early War Federal Shelter Tent Construction Instructions and Specifications (shelter type "II-a") - by Jack Cox
Mid and Late War Federal Shelter Tent Construction Instructions and Specifications (shelter type "III-a") - by Jack Cox
Tenting Tonight - The Confederate Infantryman in Camp on Campaign by K.C. MacDonald of the Lazy Jacks Mess
Shelter Tents for the Confederate Impression by Pvt. R. Gregory as written in the September 2000 Newsletter for the 21st Virginia
Shred the Tents and Burn the Wagons: how tents ruin reenactor credibility by Mark (Silas) Tackitt - this is the actual article submitted to Camp Chase Gazette which they edited, renamed and published in the March, 2001 issue as "Shed the tents and forget the wagons."
Encampment and Shelter from Jim Butler of the Salt River Rifles
Other Uses for the Canteen - from Si Klegg and his Pard, Shorty
A Photographic Analysis of Federal Canteens in Confederate Service - 1863 to 1865 by John Stillwagon of the Southern Guard Living History Ass'n
The Lowly Blanket Roll by Michael Murley on the Columbia Rifles Webpage
The World On Your Shoulders : how to pack a knapsack and blanket roll by Jason Goodnite on the 26th North Carolina's article page
A Study on the Wearing of Haversacks and Canteens by Christopher Alan Graham
Period Blank Cartridges and How to Bundle Them from Kevin O’Beirne
Making Cartridges from Patrick Reardon of the Lazy Jacks
Making Cartridges - Part IIMaking Authentic Cartridges from John Wedeward
Construction of Authentic Cartridge Packages from John Wedeward
Preparing Cartridges in Nine Easy Steps
Reports - All are in .pdf format
Kautz's The company clerk : showing how and when to make out all the returns, reports, rolls, and other papers, and what to do with them by Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz, 12th Ed. (1865)
How to Complete Properly a Morning Report - from the an old Breckinridge Battalion webpage.
North South Alliance Forms
- Company Morning Report : "NSA Form 1"
- Safety Report - Infantry Battalion Weapon Inspection Report aka "NSA Form 100"
- Safety Report - Artillery - "NSA Form 105"
- Battalion Report - Infantry Brigade Weapon Inspection Report aka "NSA Form 200"
First Federal Division / Click here for printing instructions for the FFD forms
- Company Morning Report Form and W-1 — Company Weapon Inspection Form
- Quartermaster Requisition for Forage for Public Horses Form
- Consolidated Morning Report Form and W-2 — Battalion Weapon Inspection Form
- W-3 — Brigade Weapon Inspection Returns
The Federal Forts at Petersburg by Mark Terry
Period Labels for Tins, Bottles, and et cetera from the 14th Tennessee webpage
The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Link is to all of the volumes.
Click here for the Boolen Search page for the O.R.'s
General Orders of the War Department - embracing the years 1861, 1862, 1863
General Orders Affecting the Volunteer Force, by United States War Dept, Adjutant-General's Office
Volume for (1861)
Volume for (1863)
Volume for (1864)Battles and Leaders of the Civil War - from the Century Magazine
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IVFinal Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg by the New York Monuments Commission, Daniel Sickles, Chairman of Commission
Complete Hand-book of the Monuments and Indications and Guide to the Positions on the Gettysburg Battlefield by J. Howard Wert
The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 by Oliver Willcox Norton
Chickamauga by Brigadier General John Basil Turchin
The National Military Park, Chickamauga-Chattanooga: An Historical Guide by Henry Van Ness BoyntonThe Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65: The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James by Bvt. Major General Andrew A. Humphreys
The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States by William Jewett Tenney (1865)
The West Point Scrap Book: A Collection of Stories, Songs, and Legends of the United States Military Academy by Lt. Oliver Ellsworth Wood (1871)
- FEDERAL RESOUCES
Directory of Union Regimental Histories
Hardtack and Coffee : or, The unwritten story of Army life, including chapters on enlisting, life in tents and log huts by John B. Billings (1887)
- FICTION
"How Private Geo. W. Peck put down the rebellion, or the funny experiences of a raw recruit" by George W. Peck
"Si Klegg and his Pard, Shorty" by Lt. Col. Wilbur Hinman. Si Klegg is fiction, but it's some of the best CW fiction from an actual combatant you'll encounter
- ARMIES / CORPS / DIVISIONS
The Army of the Cumberland by Bvt. Brig. Gen. Henry Martyn Cist
History of the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac by Bvt. Brig. Gen. Francis Amasa Walker
The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the Potomac): A Record of Operations During the Civil War by William Henry Powell
History of the Old Second Division, Army of the Cumberland by Wm. Sumner Dodge (1864)
History of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac: including that of the Army of Virginia (Pope's), and also the History of the Operations of the Federal Cavalry in West Virgnia During the War by 1st Lt. Charles D. Rhodes
- REGULARS
A History of the Organization and Movements of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army from May 30, 1796, to December 31, 1870 by Capt. William Henry Powell
From Yorktown to Santiago with the Sixth U.S. Cavalry by Lt. Col. William Harding Carter
- CALIFORNIA
Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867 by California Adjutant General's Office, Richard H. Orton (1890)
- CONNECTICUT
The Story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry by William Stone Hubbell, Delos D. Brown, Alvin Millen Crane
- IOWA
Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion by Iowa Adjutant General's Office (1910)
Volume I : Regiments of Infantry 1st-8th
Volume II : Regiments of Infantry 9th-16th
Volume III : Regiments of Infantry 17th-31st. Direct link to the chapter about the 24th Iowa Regiment which was the Federal impression for the Into the Piney Woods event
Volume V : Regiments of Infantry 32d-48th, 1st African, 1st-4th Batteries Light Artillery
Volume VI : Miscellaneous OrganizationsDowning's Civil War Diary by Sgt. Alexander G. Downing, Co. E, 11th Iowa, 3d Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Corps, Army of the Tennessee (1916)
- MAINE
History of the First - Tenth - Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment: In Service of the United States from May, 1861, to June 21, 1866 by John Mead Gould. Includes a History of the Tenth Maine Battalion by Rev. Leonard G. Jordan.
The Campaigns of the Seventeenth Maine by Edwin B. Houghton
The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 by John Day Smith
- MASSACHUSETTS
The Record of the Second Massachusetts Infantry, 1861-1865 by Alonzo Hall Quint, its chaplain
The Three Years' Service of the Thirty-third Mass. Infantry Regiment 1862-1865 by Brevet Major General Adin Ballou Underwood
History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry by Luis Fenollosa Emilio
- MINNESOTA
The Story of a Regiment: Being a Narrative of the Service of the Second Regiment, Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry by Judson Wade Bishop
- NEW YORK
History of the Twenty-second Regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York by Gen. George Wood Wingate
The Seventy-ninth Highlanders, New York Volunteers in the War of Rebellion, by William Todd (1886)
- PENNSYLVANIA
History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5: Prepared in Compliance with Acts of the Legislature by Samuel P. Bates
History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps: A Complete Record of the Organization by Josiah Rhinehart Sypher
History of the Philadelphia Brigade: Sixty-ninth, Seventy-first, Seventy-Second, and One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers by Bvt. Lt. Col Charles H. Banes
Our Boys: The Personal Experiences of a Soldier in the Army of the Potomac by Sgt. Alonzo F. Hill - 8th PA Reserves (1864)
History of the Second Pennsylvania Veteran Heavy Artillery: (112th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) by George Washington Ward
History of the Twelfth Regiment: Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps (41st Regiment of the Line) by Martin D. Hardin
The Story of the Forty-eighth: A Record of the Campaigns of the Forty-eighth [Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry] by Joseph Gould
- RHODE ISLAND
A Narrative of the Campaign of the First Rhode Island Regiment, in the Spring and Summer of 1861 by Augustus Woodbury (1862)
The Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862-1865 by William Hopkins
- WISCONSIN
Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers by Brevet Brigadier General Rufus Robinson Dawes
Story of the Service of Company E and of the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment of Veteran Volunteer Infantry by Hosea W Rood (1893)
Directory of Confederate Regimental Histories
List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States by Claud Estes
Jones, John Beauchamp, A Rebel war clerk's diary at the Confederate States capital Volume 1 / Volume 2
- ARMIES / CORPS / DIVISIONS
Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee by Bromfield Lewis Ridley
Pickett's Men: A Fragment of War History (1870) by Walter Harrison, A.A. and Inspector General of Pickett's Division
- ALABAMA
History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C. S. A. by Edward Young McMorries
- KENTUCKY
History of the First Kentucky Brigade by Edwin Porter Thompson
- LOUISIANA
A Southern Record : The History of the Third Regiment Lousiana Infantry by W.H. Tunnard (1866)
- MARYLAND
The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865 by William Worthington Goldsborough
- MISSOURI
History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades: 1861-1865 by Robert S. Bevier
- NORTH CAROLINA
"Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier" by Luis Leon, 1st North Carolina Infantry
- SOUTH CAROLINA
History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, known as "Gregg's" and subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade" by J.F.J. Caldwell, lately an officer of the First Regiment S.C.V
Lee's Sharpshooters: Or, The Forefront of Battle. A Story of Southern Valor by Maj. William S. Dunlop (McGowan's Brigade)
History of Kershaw's [South Carolina] Brigade: With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, Etc. by D. Augustus Dickert
- TENNESSEE
Co. Aytch by Sam Watkins
Hancock's Diary: Or, A History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry by Sgt. Richard R. Hancock (1887)
History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. by William Josiah McMurray, M.D.
- TEXAS
A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1685-1897 (Volume: 2, pt. 2) (1898), edited by Dudley G. Wooten
Reminiscences of the Civil War, and Other Sketches (1911) by Ralph J. Smith (2d Texas)
- VIRGINIA
The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War by David Emmons Johnston, Co. D, 7th Virginia Infanry
- OTHER
War Talks of Confederate Veterans : Addresses delivered before A.P.Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans, of Petersburg, Va., with addenda giving statements of participants, eyewitnesses and others, in respect to campaigns, battles, prison life and other war experiences by George S. Bernard, (1892)
Scraps from the Prison Table (1868) by Capt. Joe Barbiere, Co. A, Gayoso Guards,1st Alabama-Mississippi-Tennessee Regiment (later reorganized as the 42d Tennessee).
Camp, Field and Prison Life: Containing Sketches of Service in the South (1870) by Capt. W.A. Wash (60th Tennessee)
West Coast Reenactor Associations
National Civil War Association (NCWA) - in California
Northwest Civil War Council (NCWC) in Northern Oregon
Reenactors of the American Civil War (RACW) - in Northern California
The Civil War Home Page
Washington Civil War Association (WCWA) - the official club page / The Dispatch
Magruder/Ewell S.C.V. camp
12th Virginia's extensive links page
Banjo Clubhouse from Milford Music
Minstrel Banjo Group (ning)
Thomas Briggs Group
Uncle Coffee's Ethiopian Songster
American Sheet Music Title Index
Harvard's Online Resources for Music Scholars
Lester Levy Sheet Music
Stephen Foster Songsheets
Texas Ground Hornets SongbookColonels
The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Mel Gibson as The Colonel
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