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*''My Diary in India, in the year 1858-9'' by William Howard Russell, Special Correspondent of ''The Times'' 1860 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sfVAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zfVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 2]
*For online books about Brig-Gen John Nicholson and his role in the indian Mutiny, see the the page [[John Nicholson]]
*See the page [[Herbert Benjamin Edwardes]] for online books about his role as Commissioner of Peshawar during the Indian Mutiny.
*[http://archive.org/stream/fiftysevensomeac00keenrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Fifty-Seven: Some Account of the Administration in Indian Districts during the Revolt of the Bengal Army''] by Henry George Keene 1883 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hoVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Notes on the Revolt in the North-Western Provinces of India''] by Charles Raikes 1858 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R24BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''How I won the Victoria Cross''] by Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Assistant Commissioner in Oudh, 1860 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=onEBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude''] by William Edwards, Judge of Benares, and late Magistrate and Collector of Budaon in Rohilcund. 1858 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/personaladventur00thor ''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny''] by Mark Thornhill 1884 Archive.org. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7ihP7E49bDYC&pg=PP1 Preview Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924006145662#page/n13/mode/2up ''Daily Life during the Indian Mutiny : Personal Experiences of 1857''] by J W Sherer [former Magistrate of Futtehpore, and afterwards Cawnpore] 1910 (later reprint edition). Archive.org. Text previously appeared in Colonel F C Maude’s ''Memories of the Mutiny'' 1894, refer above.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173458 ''A Postscript To The Records Of The Indian Mutiny''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173458 Archive.org version]. Full title: ''A Postscript to the Records of the Indian Mutiny. An Attempt to Trace the Subsequent Careers and Fate of the Rebel Bengal Regiments, 1857-1858'' by Lieutenant-Colonel G H D Gimlette 1927. “Gimlette lists all of the units of the Bengal Army and gives a short annotation of each one discussing their eventual fate”<ref>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160921094340/http://www.peterharrington.co.uk/rare-books/india/a-postscript-to-the-records-of-the-indian-mutiny/ peterharrington.co.uk]. Accessed 21 September 2016.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119259 ''The Indian Mutiny In Perspective''] by Lieut-General Sir George MacMunn (reprint edition) first published 1931 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/dutydangerinindi00straiala ''Duty and Danger in India''] edited by Herbert Strang. Reprinted 1917, catalogued 1911. Archive.org. From the series ''The Romance of the World''. An anthology, part Indian Mutiny accounts, part Hunting accounts.
*[https://archive.org/details/TheIndianMutinyOf1857AndTheSikhsDr.GandaSingh ''The Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the Sikhs''] by Ganda Singh 1969 Archive.org
→Historical newspapers and books online: re-order
*[http://archive.org/stream/historyofindian00holm#page/n5/mode/2up ''A History of the Indian Mutiny and of the disturbances which accompanied it among the civil population''] by T. Rice Holmes 5th edition revised 1898, originally published 1883. Archive.org. [http://archive.org/stream/historyofindian00holm#page/638/mode/2up Index], page 639
*''The History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857'' by Julian R J Jocelyn 1915 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-the-royal-and-indian-artillery-in-the-mutiny-of-1857/ ''History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857''] by Julian R J Jocelyn. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsqtlyCuUX online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in World War II/Military Books/India).
*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol I'' by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy01portgoog#page/n530/mode/2up Volume I The Indian Mutiny] archive.org
*''Selections from the letters, despatches and other state papers preserved in the Military Department of the Government of India, 1857-58'' edited by George W. Forrest, Director of Records of the Government of India. Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle01forruoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 1] [Delhi] 1893, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35457 Volume 2] [Lucknow] 1902,[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle03forruoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] [Lucknow-Cawnpore] 1902, [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle04forruoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 4] [Central India] 1912
*''A History of the Indian Mutiny; reviewed and illustrated from original documents'' by G W Forrest CIE 1904-12 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm01forr#page/n7/mode/2up Volume I]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm02forr#page/n7/mode/2up Volume II]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm03forr#page/n9/mode/2up Volume III], Central India.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hoVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Notes on the Revolt in the North-Western Provinces of India''] by Charles Raikes 1858 Google Books
*''An account of the mutinies in Oudh and of the siege of the Lucknow Residency; with some observations on the condition of the Province of Oudh and on the causes of the mutiny of the Bengal Army'' by Martin Richard Gubbins, Bengal Civil Service, Financial Commissioner for Oudh. [https://archive.org/details/accountofmutinie00gubb 2nd edition, with additions]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284858 Third edition, with further additions]. Also [https://archive.org/details/anaccountmutini00gubbgoog 3rd edition] better text, but lacks images. 1858 Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Narrative of the Mutinies in Oude. Compiled from Authentic Records''] by Captain George Hutchinson, Bengal Engineers, Military Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Oude 1859 Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U9YSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA1#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Parliamentary papers, Volume 50'' - East India (Prize Property)] HMSO (1860) containing official correspondence on prize captured by HM and Company forces during Indian Mutiny actions. Details discussion on the origin and distribution of ten different prize funds. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=I-wSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA6-PA1 "East India (Troops and Police)"]. Correspondence relative to the grant of the Medal to the Troops and Police employed in Suppressing the Mutiny and Rebellion in the Bombay Presidency. With Medal Rolls and details of some of the actions. ''Accounts and papers of the House of Commons Volume XXXVIII''. Ordered to be printed 17 May 1865. Google Books.
*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol I'' by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy01portgoogfiftysevensomeac00keenrich#page/n530n3/mode/2up Volume I The ''Fifty-Seven: Some Account of the Administration in Indian MutinyDistricts during the Revolt of the Bengal Army''] archiveby Henry George Keene 1883 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/revoltincentral00burtgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Revolt in Central India 1857-1859''] compiled by Army Headquarters, India 1908. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dutydangerinindi00straiala ''Duty and Danger in India''] edited by Herbert Strang. Reprinted 1917, catalogued 1911. Archive.org. From the series ''The Romance of the World''. An anthology, part Indian Mutiny accounts, part Hunting accounts.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/heroesofindianmu00gill#page/n11/mode/2up ''Heroes of the Indian Mutiny: stories of heroic deeds''] by Edward Gilliat 1914 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173458 ''A Postscript To The Records Of The Indian Mutiny''] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title: ''A Postscript to the Records of the Indian Mutiny. An Attempt to Trace the Subsequent Careers and Fate of the Rebel Bengal Regiments, 1857-1858'' by Lieutenant-Colonel G H D Gimlette 1927. “Gimlette lists all of the units of the Bengal Army and gives a short annotation of each one discussing their eventual fate”<ref>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160921094340/http://www.peterharrington.co.uk/rare-books/india/a-postscript-to-the-records-of-the-indian-mutiny/ peterharrington.co.uk]. Accessed 21 September 2016.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119259 ''The Indian Mutiny In Perspective''] by Lieut-General Sir George MacMunn (reprint edition) first published 1931 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81088 ''Fatehgarh And The Mutiny''] by F R Cosens (and C L Wallace) 1933 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[httphttps://www.archive.org/streamdetails/heroesofindianmu00gill#page/n11/mode/2up TheIndianMutinyOf1857AndTheSikhsDr.GandaSingh ''Heroes of the The Indian Mutiny: stories of heroic deeds1857 and the Sikhs''] by Edward Gilliat 1914 Ganda Singh 1969 Archive.org
====Personal accounts: Army====
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NGoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Eight Months' Campaign Against the Bengal Sepoy Army During the Mutiny of 1857''] by Colonel George Bourchier , Bengal Horse Artillery 1858 Google Books
*[http://archive.org/stream/throughpersiain00stewgoog#page/n34/mode/2up "The Indian Mutiny"], page 1 ''Through Persia in disguise, with reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny'' by Colonel Charles E. Stewart, edited from his diaries by Basil Stewart. 1911 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/chinajiminciden00harrgoog '''China Jim', Incidents and Adventures in the Life of an Indian Mutiny Veteran''] by Major General J T Harris 1912 Archive.org. He joined the Bengal Army in 1849. He probably retired c late 1870s. He took part in the [[2nd Burma War]], the Indian Mutiny and the [[2nd China War]].
*For online books about Brig-Gen John Nicholson and his role in the Indian Mutiny, see the the page [[John Nicholson]]
====Personal accounts: Navy====
*Cover title: [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i45eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1 ''A Naval Cadet with H.M.S. Shannon Brigade in India: Journal of Edward Spencer Watson'']. Title page ''Journal. India: with H.M.S. "Shannon", Naval Brigade, from August 18th, 1858''. Note however, there appears to be a typographical error, as correct date should be 1857. Catalogued as published 1858. Google Books.
** Also see Fiction below for a novel, ''The Devil's Wind'' by Maj. Gen.G.L. Verney, concerning the Shannon's Brigade.
*See [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]] for the force which took part in some actions with Shannon's Brigade.
====Personal accounts: CivilianCivilians and others====*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=onEBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude''] by William Edwards, Judge of Benares, and late Magistrate and Collector of Budaon in Rohilcund. 1858 Google Books*''My Diary in India, in the year 1858-9'' by William Howard Russell, Special Correspondent of ''The Times'' 1860 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sfVAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zfVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 2]*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R24BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''How I won the Victoria Cross''] by Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Assistant Commissioner in Oudh, 1860 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6wbmMHtf-FwC&pg=PA310 "The Mutiny"] page 310 ''Memorials of Service in India: from the correspondence of the late Major Samuel Charters Macpherson, Political Agent at Gwalior during the Mutiny'' 1865 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/ourrealdangerini00forj ''Our real danger in India''] by C Forjett, late Commissioner of Police of Bombay c 1877. Archive.org. Includes the author’s views on the causes of the Mutiny and his part in the preventative and precautionary measures taken in Bombay during the Mutiny.
*[https://archive.org/details/personaladventur00thor ''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny''] by Mark Thornhill 1884 Archive.org. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7ihP7E49bDYC&pg=PP1 Preview Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/stream/reminiscencesan01cavegoog#page/n213/mode/2up Chapter VI], page 198 ''Reminiscences of an Indian Official'' by General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh 1884 Archive.org. The measures taken in Calcutta during the Mutiny.
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924006145662#page/n13/mode/2up ''Daily Life during the Indian Mutiny : Personal Experiences of 1857''] by J W Sherer [former Magistrate of Futtehpore, and afterwards Cawnpore] 1910 (later reprint edition). Archive.org. Text previously appeared in Colonel F C Maude’s ''Memories of the Mutiny'' 1894, refer above.
*See the page [[Herbert Benjamin Edwardes]] for online books about his role as Commissioner of Peshawar during the Indian Mutiny.
====Not yet classified====
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA376 The Indian Mutiny, 1857] from "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy. page 376 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281777 ''Mutiny Records Correspondence In Two Parts [Volume 7<nowiki>]</nowiki> Part 1 1911''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281777 Archive.org version], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/103324 ''Mutiny Records Correspondence Vol.7 Pt.2 1911''].
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529198 ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8 Pt.1 1911''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529198 Archive.org version]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529197 ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8 Pt.2''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529197 Archive.org version].
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bAYrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Revolt of the Sepoys''] ''Reprinted from the Princeton Review January 1858'' by John Cameron Lowrie 1858 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HL5XAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP4 ''The Revolt of the Bengal Sepoys''] by Dr Julius Berncastle 1857 Google Books
*''The Tale of the Great Mutiny'' by W H Fitchett. With portraits and maps. [https://archive.org/details/taleofgreatmutin01fitc 1901 version]; [https://archive.org/details/taleofgreatmutin00fitc Eight Impression, Second Edition (Enlarged) 1909] Archive.org
====Fiction====
*[https://archive.org/details/00365245.2394.emory.edu ''First Love and Last Love: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by James Grant 1869 Archive.org
