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{{War|name=Indian Mutiny |dates=10 May 1857-19 April 1959 |image= |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Gangetic_Plain Gangetic Plain] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_India Central India] |combatant1=[[British Army]]<br>[[East India Company Armies]] |combatant2=[[Bengal Presidency]] regiments |result= Rebellion crushed|medal=[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom117.htm Indian Mutiny Medal]<br>Clasps: Delhi, Defence of Lucknow, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India| category= |link1=[[:Category:Delhi Campaign |Delhi Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Events at Cawnpore|Events at Cawnpore]]<br>[[:Category:Havelock's Campaign|Havelock's Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Showers' Movable Column|Showers' Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Greathed's Movable Column|Greathed's Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Seaton's Movable Column|Seaton's Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Trans-Gogra Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Oude Campaign|Oude Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Central India Campaign|Central India Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Rohilcund Campaign|Rohilcund Campaign]]}}
{{Template:Bengal Army}}
The '''Bengal Army''' was one of the three [[Presidency Armies]] of the [[East India Company]].


== Preamble ==
A list of Bengal Army regiments can either be found in the [[:Category:Bengal Army|Bengal Army Category]] or alphabetically, by type, in [[Bengal Army Regiments]].
The '''Indian Mutiny''' is also known as India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857 and the Sepoy Mutiny.


The rebellion was almost exclusively confined to the regiments in the [[Bengal Presidency]]. In 1857 the [[Bengal Army]] strength was as follows:
==Divisions==
{|cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" border="2"
*[[Bengal Artillery]]
!
*[[:Category:Bengal Cavalry Regiments|Bengal Cavalry Regiments]]
!Cavalry
*[[:Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments|Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
!Infantry  
*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
!Artillery
*[[Bengal Staff  Corps]]
!Sappers  
*[[Commissariat]]
!Total
|-
|'''British troops'''
| align="right" |1,366
| align="right" |17,003
| align="right" |3,063
| align="center" |Nil
| align="right" |21,432
|-
|'''Indian troops'''
| align="right" |19,288
| align="right" |112,052
| align="right" |4,734
| align="right" |1,497
| align="right" |137,571
|-
|'''Totals'''
| align="right" |20,654
| align="right" |129,055
| align="right" |7,797
| align="right" |1,497
| align="right" |159,003
|}


== Outbreaks ==
==FIBIS resources==
Details of the outbreak of mutiny in various locations can be found in the following articles:
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1135&s_id=340 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers] Currently (2017/6/16) consists of  IOR/L/MIL/10/122-123, 1790-1839 but additional years are to follow.
*[[Mutiny at Berhampore]] 27 February
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137  Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes  previous members of the Bengal,[[Madras Army|Madras]] and  [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895.  These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2  ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/774116 catalogue entry]), however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.<ref>Bailey, Peter [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/785900/ Army Records] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 March 2012. Retrieved  6 September 2018.</ref>
*[[Mutiny at Barrackpore]] 29 March
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2159&s_id=1117 Applications for Cadetships in the EIC Armies (Index)] includes Bengal Army. These are records for officers.
*[[Mutiny at Lucknow]] 1 May
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834] Index to book of same name by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. Recommended on [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_reading_list#HEIC_armies Fibiwiki Military Reading List]. Also see Books, below.
*[[Mutiny at Meerut]] 10 May
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=14  War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]. Transcriptions from the book  ''Ubique : War Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army'' by Thomas C Anderson 1863. This book is available online on a pay website, and on LDS microfilm 2105290 Item 2 ([https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/819733?availability=Family%20History%20Library catalogue entry]), however Peter Bailey has advised the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.
*[[Mutiny at Fyzabad]] 10 May
*"Edward Squibb-Letters from a Bengal Cadet" by Charles Gordon Clark  ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 15-24. Edward Squibb arrived in 1820. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
*[[Mutiny at Delhi]] 11 May
*"The Clark Brothers - Life in the Bengal Army" by Charles Gordon Clark  ''FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013)'' pages 3-14. Gordon Wyatt Clark arrived in 1842 age 20. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
*[[Mutiny at Ferozepore]] 13 May
*"Captain Hunter: researching a memorial in Durham Cathedral" by Geoffrey Fox ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'' pages 36-48. For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]. Captain Hunter of the [[73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] was killed in action 21 December 1845 at the  [[Battle of Ferozeshah]]
*[[Mutiny at Meean Meer]] 13 May
*[[Mutiny at Allygurh]] 20 May
*[[Mutiny at Mynpoorie]] 23 May
*[[Mutiny at Nusseerabad]] 28 May
*[[Mutiny at Hansi]] 29 May
*[[Mutiny at Bareilly]] 31 May
*[[Mutiny at Saharunpore]] 2 June
*[[Mutiny at Neemuch]] 3 June
*[[Mutiny at Azimguhr]] 3 June
*[[Mutiny at Benares]] 3 June
*[[Mutiny at Seetapore]] 4 June
*[[Mutiny at Jhansi]] 5 June
*[[Mutiny at Allahabad]] 6 June
*[[Mutiny at Sealkote]] 9 July
*[[Mutiny at Jhelum]] 17 July


== Campaigns ==
==See Also==
For details of the campaigns during the mutiny see the following main articles
*[[Delhi Campaign]] May-Sept 1857
*[[Events at Lucknow]] May 1857-Mar 1858
*[[Events at Cawnpore]] Jun-Jul 1857
*[[Havelock's Campaign]] Jul-Sep 1857
*[[Showers' Movable Column]] Sep-Nov 1857
*[[Greathed's Movable Column]] Sep-Nov 1857
*[[Seaton's Movable Column]] Dec 1857- Oct 1858
*[[Trans-Gogra Campaign]] Nov 1857-Dec 1858
*[[Oude Campaign]] Dec 1857-Nov 1858
*[[Central India Campaign]] Dec 1857-Jan 1859
*[[Rohilcund Campaign]] Apr-May 1858


==Volunteer force==
[[The Batta Mutiny of 1766]]
*The [[Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry]] was a volunteer force raised in July 1857 after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny and disbanded in 1859.
*The [[Meerut Light Horse]] was a volunteer unit formed in 1857 at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. Also known as the Meerut Volunteer Horse and the Meerut Volunteer Cavalry, which had originally been formed as the District Volunteer Force. It was disbanded in 1861.


==Camel Corps==
==Records==
The Camel Corps was formed at Lucknow on 5 April 1858 from drafts of 100 men each from the 2nd and 3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, to which were eventually added 200 Sikhs. The Camel Corps was used in 1858 and 1859 to support columns of soldiers despatched during the latter stages of the Indian Mutiny to hunt down groups of rebels that had fled into the countryside of Rohilkund and Oudh, and was disbanded on 1 June 1860.
Main article: [[East India Company Army]]


==FIBIS resources==
===British Library===
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=169&s_id=67 Indian Mutiny Medal Roll (British Forces) 1857-1859] - a medal roll transcription with over 50,000 names of [[British Army]] soldiers awarded medals
Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=351&s_id=493 Supplement to The London Gazette] - around 2000 names of Europeans killed or wounded by disaffected soldiers or local residents as reported in the London Gazette
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/86120e35-0b81-439a-a6e5-dc1bd5f41e9f Bengal Army Records  '''IOR/L/MIL/10'''] National Archives Discovery catalogue.  Alternatively, use [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"]. Example, use the search term “IOR/L/MIL/10” (including punctuation marks) and click on “Browse this collection”
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=226&s_id=0 The Diary of a Medical Officer during the Great Indian Mutiny]
:Subcategories
:*'''L/MIL/10/1-19''' Bengal Army Lists, 1781-1849.
:*'''L/MIL/10/20-69''' Bengal Service Army Lists, 1759-1858
:*'''L/MIL/10/70-74''' Bengal Service Army Lists – Medical, c1765-1858
:*'''L/MIL/10/75-102''' Bengal Services, 1860-1893
:*'''IOR/L/MIL/10/122-129''' Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers  1788-1860. Please note that these records were commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. They are the recommended records to  look at initially for men serving from 1831. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
::'''Update''' June 2017. Some transcribed records in this series are now available in the FIBIS database. Refer [[Bengal Army#FIBIS resources|FIBIS resources]] above.
:*The Muster Rolls commence  '''IOR/L/MIL/10/130-185'''
:*'''L/MIL/10/301-326''' Bengal Army Discharges, 1820-1882. The FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/644811 catalogue] provides additional information about these records: "Between 1859-1861 the EIC European forces (of which the Bengal Army was a part of) were transferred to the British Army. Discharge papers are for those men who chose to take an unpensioned discharge rather than be transferred into the regular British Army".


==Casualties==
:'''FamilySearch''' ([[LDS]] (Mormons)) have filmed many of these records, most of which are  now available as digitised microfilm. [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the FamilySearch catalogue] by entering keywords such as Bengal Army. In particular, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/695515 “Registers of Bengal Army European soldiers, 1788-1860”] and  [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/644896 “Bengal Army muster rolls and casualty returns, 1716-1860”] are available.
*Available at the [[British Library]] is the publication, ''Casualty Roll for the Indian Mutiny, 1857-59'', compiled by I. T. Taverner, published by J. B. Hayward & Son (1983), Suffolk, England (ISBN: 0 903754 98 3) pp.205.  It contains name, rank and regimental number of every casualty (fatal or otherwise) of HM's (incl. Naval Brigade) & HEIC forces (by Presidency, incl. Indian Medical Service and Ecclesiastical Establishment); location and date where/when/how injured. A useful chronology of the Mutiny events and bibliography is appended.<ref>By email to User:Maureene dated 14 November 2010</ref>
:'''Note''': Microfilm ordering services ceased September 2017, however selected microfilms have been digitised and  are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format. See '''[[FamilySearch Centres]]''' for '''viewing details'''.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/6676bb2e-0366-44b1-8068-b31d156396d2  Military Department Library: Bengal Army  '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2''']  1791-1903 includes
**Bengal Army List  '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267''' 1819-1889
**Bengal Army: General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations, Indian Mutiny  '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/474-505'''  1845-1927
*Soldiers’ and Officers’ Wills '''IOR/L/AG/34/30''' 1825-1881 (varies according to Presidency and whether a soldier or an officer). These records are available on [[Findmypast|findmypast]]


* [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/mutindyz.htm Memorials of the Indian Mutiny] Online site listing soldiers of both British and HEIC regiments who were killed during the Mutiny.  
===Books===
*''List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834'' by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. (London, 1927-47) Note that the dates refer to the date of joining the Army.  Alphabetically arranged and annotated with biographical and genealogical notices, giving details of: (1) rank and brief career history (2) family information (3) service records: regiments or battalions in which the officer served (4) references to wills if they exist, to monumental inscriptions, or to mentions in publications. These volumes are now available online, refer below. The [[British Library]]  shelfmark is OIR.355.332.
*:A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/03/bengal-army-officers-names-nationalities-fatalities-and-a-phantom.html Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantom] Untold Lives blog of the British Library.
*:FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS database]. 
*:The [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family History Library  filmed the above books ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/281774  catalogue entry]), which currently (2018/09) are only partially available as digitised microfilm. It had been recommended that all three LDS films be viewed, as there is a lot of cross referencing. <ref>Murphy, Sylvia  [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/12901327/ ''Author - Major VCP Hodson''] Scroll down. ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 Sept 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2018.</ref> See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for access information. However, while ever online versions of the volumes are available, it is unlikely the microfilms will need to be consulted.
*''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army'' by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863, is available in reprint editions,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/ubiquewar-services-of-all-the-officers-of-h-m-s-bengal-army-1863/ Naval and Military Press], [http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=99 Savannah Publications], London. </ref> and online on  a pay website, refer below. Note  data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]].


* Military records on [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-military-armed-forces-and-conflict findypast.com] include record set entitled British Casualties, Indian Mutiny 1857-1859
== External links ==
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officers biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799''
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA45&dq=Bengal%20Army&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA45,M1 The Bengal Army] in ''The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history'' by Harold E. Raugh, 2004
*[https://usacac.army.mil/sites/default/files/documents/carl/nafziger/857DAB.pdf  General Distribution Return of Her Majesty's and the East India Company's Troops Serving in the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) Showing the Number and Strength of Each Station, 1 April 1857] [[British Army#Locating a regiment|The Nafziger Collection]] of Orders of Battle (page 171 of the Finding Aid)
*[https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/29659 ''The structure and organisation of the Bengal Native Infantry with special reference to problems of discipline, (1796-1852)''] by  A. Sen 1961. PhD thesis, SOAS University of London.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2381/8425 ''The Civil and Military Patronage of the East India Company, 1784-1858''] by John Michael Bourne 1977. PhD thesis, University of Leicester.
*[https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/11262/1/Stanley_P.A._1993.pdf  ''White Mutiny: the Bengal Europeans, 1825-75, a study in military social history''] by Peter Alan Stanley. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University, March 1993, whose aim was "to connect the military and social history of mid-Victorian Britain through a study of the East India Company's Bengal European regiments and their demise following the 'white mutiny' of 1859-60". Pdf download. Depending on your browser, you may need to locate it in your downloads folder. There was also a book published, see below.
*[http://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1742 ''The Bengal Army and the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny''] by  Julian Saul Markham David 2001. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.


== Recommended Reading ==
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Bengal Army
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/alphabeticallist00dodwrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bengal Army from 1760 to 1834'']  compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838. Archive.org.  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kMOEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books edition]
*''List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834'' by V. C .P. Hodson, in 4 volumes. (London, 1927-47)
:[http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3624 Part I], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3669 Part II], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3562 Part III], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3492 Part IV]. Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Archive.org mirror versions: [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3624/page/n1/mode/2up Part I], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3669/mode/2up Part II], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3562/page/n1/mode/2up Part III], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3492/page/n1/mode/2up Part IV].
:Alternative files  [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/6933 Part I], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/5476 Part II], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/6471 Part III],  [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/8673 Part IV]. All Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Archive.org mirror versions: [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6933/page/n1/mode/2up Part I], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5476/page/n1/mode/2up Part II], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6471/mode/2up Part III], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8673/page/n1/mode/2up Part IV].
*''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army'' by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863, is available in a reprint edition from Naval & Military Press, which is in turn available on the Ancestry owned [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsp9fW0AfE pay website fold3] located in International/Military Books/India. Note data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]].
:''Ubique: War Services...'' is also available as a FamilySearch digitised microfilm, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819733 catalogue entry], viewable at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]] or FamilySearch Affiliate Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3463/mode/2up ''Soldiering in India 1764-1787: extracts from journals and letters left by Lt. Colonel Allen Macpherson and Lt. Colonel John Macpherson of the East India Company's Service''] by William Charles Macpherson, formerly of the Indian Civil Service. 1928. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi].
*[http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/5499 ''A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army to the year 1895''] by F G Cardew 1903. Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5499/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. 
*[https://archive.org/details/indianarmyunifor00carm/page/n7 ''Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947: Cavalry''] by W Y  Carman 1961. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes a [https://archive.org/details/indianarmyunifor00carm/page/232 Regimental index, page 232].
: ''Indian Army Uniforms'' by W Y  Carman 1969. Full title: ''Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947 : Artillery, Engineers and Infantry''.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.131698  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Note: Original colour plates are in black and white and most illustrations are of poor quality.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/10973/22964 ''Clothing regulations of the Bengal Army''] Calcutta Gazette office, Calcutta 1855. Link to a pdf, Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]). Clothing regulations are in respect of soldiers ("other ranks"), not officers, (who have dress regulations).
*[https://archive.org/details/authenticabstrac00bengiala  ''Authentic Abstracts of Minutes in the Supreme Council of Bengal, on the late contracts for draught and carriage bullocks, for victualling the European troops, and for victualling Fort William : the augmentation of General Sir Eyre Coote's appointment, and continuation of Brigadier-General Stibbert's emoluments, though superseded in the chief command : and a remarkable treaty, offensive and defensive, with the Ranah of Gohud, a Marratta''] 1780 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IZFeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The New Regulations for the Bengal Army ; According to the Minutes of the Council and General Orders Issued in Fort William During the Months of May and June 1796''] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''An historical account of the rise and progress of the Bengal Native Infantry, from its first formation in 1757, to 1796 when the present regulations took place, together with a detail of the services on which the several battalions have been employed'']  by the late Captain John Williams, Bengal Army, 1817 Google Books. The following coloured illustrations have been noted: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP8 Subadar], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA170-IA2 Grenadier Sepoy], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA330-IA2 Light Infantry Sepoy]
:Also available [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000132BA British Library Digital]. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum003934144 Images from the book] British Library on flickr.com
*''Indian Records Series: Fort William - India House Correspondence''. Published for the National Archives of India. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124167/page/n1  ''(Military Series) Vol.20 1792-1796''] Edited by  A C Banerjee.  1969. Letters to and from the Military Department
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111320/page/n1  ''(Military Series) Vol.21 1797-1800''] Edited by Sita Ram Kohli.  1968. Letters to and  from the Military Department
**Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01009529821 which includes (Military series) v. 19. 1787-1791  ed. by B. Prasad.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lYTcRScE2JQC&pg=PR1 ''Inquiry into the state of the Indian Army : with suggestions for its improvement and the establishment of a military police for India''] by Walter Badenach, Captain Bengal Army 1826 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=scJCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''A collection of facts and documents relative to batta, &c. with other pending questions concerning the Indian Army, compiled from the proceedings of the East India officers A.D. 1793 to 1796, the general orders and other official sources; with short arguments and marginal notes for current use'']. Calcutta , Samuel Smith and Co. 1829 Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002075593d?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Abstract of General Orders 1817-1840''] compiled by Captain David Thompson, 56th Regiment, Bengal N I Assistant Adjutant General of Division Delhi 1841 HathiTrust Digital Library
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RZpeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR10 ''‪Abstract of General Orders from 1846 to 1847 Inclusive''‬] with a preceding [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RZpeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 Index 1840-1847]  Compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1848 Google Books
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WpheAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Abstract of General Orders from 1847 to 1849 Inclusive''] Compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1851
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=g5peAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Abstract of General Orders for 1850-1851 with Index''] compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1852
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NpdeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Code of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Bengal Establishment''] by James Hutchinson, Secretary to the Medical Board 1838. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nZheAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ‪''Selected Papers and Orders, Civil and Military, regarding the march of troops, and the mode of supplying them with carriage, provisions, &c. with an appendix shewing the nature of the arrangements made for the supply of troops on the march in the Cawnpore District''‬] Published by order of … The Lieut. Governor, North Western Provinces. Agra, 1849 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyriseandp00broogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''History of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Army, Volume 1''] by Arthur Broome 1850 Archive.org. Only  Volume 1 was published. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oqpXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Google Books (different file)].  Both have poor maps.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishofficerh00stocgoog/page/n6  ''The British Officer: his Position, Duties, Emoluments and Privileges…''] by J H Stocqueler 1851 Archive.org. Includes "Part VI The East India Company’s Service", from page 260.  [https://archive.org/details/britishofficerh00stocgoog/page/n18/mode/1up Contents, Part VI]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=z1MBAAAAQAAJ ''The Officer's Complete Guide''] by Lieut. Archibald Swiney Haig 55th Regiment Bengal Infantry (published 1856) - contains General Orders, pay regulations etc (Google Books)
*''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/344/mode/2up Abstract of Sanitary Details in Reports from Principal Military Stations in India. Bengal Presidency] page 345
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/522/mode/2up Remarks on the Climate of Stations. Bengal Presidency] page 523. Note that [[Singapore]] and [[Penang]] appear in this latter section, together with the military stations in [[Burma]].  However, a detailed description of the stations in Burma appears in the section on the [[Madras Army|Madras Presidency]].
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lYQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7  ''First Annual Report of the Sanitary Commission for Bengal, 1864-65''] Google Books. Mainly in respect of the Army
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/medicalandsanit00unkngoog#page/n4/mode/1up  ''Medical And Sanitary Report of the Native  Army of Bengal for the year 1875''] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38444 ''From Sepoy to Subadar: Being the Life and Adventures of a  Native Officer of the Bengal Army Written And Related By Himself'']. 3rd edition 1911,  edited by Lieutenant-Colonel D. C. Phillott. Translated and first published by Lieutenant-Colonel Norgate, Bengal Staff Corps at Lahore, 1873. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Article about the book: [http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/chronicles-of-sita-ram-112101300054_1.html "Chronicles of Sita Ram"] by Bhupesh Bhandari  October 13, 2012 ''Business Standard''. The author enlisted in 1812 and retired in 1860. "There has been a great debate amongst historians about the authenticity of Sita Ram’s accounts... [but It] is a fantastic insider’s account of life in the battlefields and the barracks".
*''Memoir of the late Lieut.-Colonel Richard Scott (From his Private Journals)'' from ''The Naval and Military Magazine Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4'' 1827-1828 Google Books
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=sIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA147 Part 1– Appointed 1768], [http://books.google.com/books?id=sIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA382 Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hZoMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49 Part 3-  Campaigns in India –includes General Stuart's Operations; General Goddard's March; and the Proceedings of the Bombay Army and its Government],  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hZoMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA396  Part 4- includes Popham’s Capture of Gwalior;  General Goddard’s Operations, Campaigns of Lord Cornwallis, Siege of Bangalore], [http://books.google.com/books?id=PYcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4  Part 5 March to Seringapatum], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=upkMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA12 Part 6], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=upkMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA353 Part 7]
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA315  "Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott"] from ''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1'', page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/navalmilitarymag02londuoft#page/540/mode/2up "Major General Littellus Burrell"] c1753-1827  ''Naval and Military Magazine Volume 2'' 1827, page 540 Archive.org
*''Memoirs and correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere'' by the Right Hon Mary, Vicountess Combermere and Capt W W Knollys 1866 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/memoirsandcorre00knolgoog Volume I],  [https://archive.org/details/memoirsandcorre01knolgoog Volume II]. Volume I includes a period in India from 1796 with the then [[22nd Light Dragoons|25th Light Dragoons]]. Volume II covers the period as Commander-in Chief in India 1825-1830
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/warsportinindia100pestrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''War and Sport in India, 1802-1806 : an Officer's Diary''] by John Pester,  edited by JA Devenish [1913]. Archive.org. The author was in the Bengal Army, being a cadet in 1799, and a Lieutenant (from July 1801) at the time of the diary, when he took part in the [[2nd Maratha War]].
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501560/2015.501560.Bengal-Past#page/n77/mode/2up "An Eighteenth- Century Subaltern In India"] page 70, ''Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society  Volume 44 July-Dec 1932'' Archive.org. Digital Library of India Collection. Lieutenant (afterwards Major-General) John Anthony Hodgson of the Bengal Army arrived in India December 1799. He was subsequently Surveyor-General of India 1821-1829.
*''Pen and pencil sketches being the journal of a tour in India'' by Captain Mundy, late Aide-de-Camp to Lord Combermere 1832 Google Books [https://archive.org/details/penandpencilske00mundgoog Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bg5UAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR5#v=twopage Volume II]
*''Tours in Upper India and in Parts of the Himalaya Mountains: With Accounts of the Courts of the Native Princes'' ‬ by Major Archer, late Aid-De-Camp to Lord Combermere 1833 Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PF5jAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hzxCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume II]
*''First impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years residence in Bengal and the Doab, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI'' by Thomas Bacon, Lieut. Of the Bengal Horse Artillery 1837 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/firstimpressions01baco Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/firstimpressions02baco Volume II]. Also available on Hathi Trust Digital Library  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001266234 A] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006591415 B], where the illustration pages can be rotated.
*''From Cadet to Colonel: the Record of a Life of Active Service'' by Sir Thomas Seaton 1866 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bUEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5 Volume 1] He  arrived in Calcutta on 1 January 1823 to join the Bengal Army [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5 Volume 2] includes the Indian Mutiny. The author  retired 1 June 1859
*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesan01cavegoog ''Reminiscences of an Indian Official''] by General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh 1884 Archive.org. The author joined the Bengal Army in 1837. After the Indian Mutiny he was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlement, where he remained until transfer of the administration of the Straits Settlement to the Colonial Office in April 1867.
*[https://archive.org/details/generalsirrichar00thor ''General Sir Richard Meade and the Feudatory States of Central and Southern India; a record of forty-three year's service as Soldier, Political Officer and Administrator''] by Thomas Henry Thornton 1898 Archive.org. Born 1821, Sir Richard served in the Bengal Army from 1838 for nearly twenty years. At the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny he was Brigade-Major of the Gwalior Contingent which mutinied. He later raised Meade’s Horse. Subsequently in 1859 he was appointed Political Agent at Gwalior, then two years later  Governor-General’s Agent  for the States of Central India, the first of several important posts, involving many confidential matters, finally retiring in March 1881.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b2803071?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Journal of the late General Sir Sam Browne from 1840-1878'']  HathiTrust Digital Library. [http://rshg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BROWNESamuelJames.14.3.1901.pdf Biographical  including career details] rshg.org.uk.
*[https://archive.org/details/myserviceinindi00vauggoog  ''My service in the Indian Army – and after''] by  General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. He joined the Bengal Army in 1841 and had to retire c 1870 as there was no position for him. At the start of the [[2nd Afghan War]]  he became special military correspondent for the war for ''The Times''
*[https://archive.org/details/factsandreflect00factgoog ''Facts and Reflections, by a Subaltern of the Indian Army''] 1849 Archive.org. The author was appointed to the Bengal Army and arrived in Calcutta in October 1841. He returned to England due to illness after seven years, and warned of the disadvantages of an Army career in India.
*[https://archive.org/details/incidentsinindia00pittiala ''Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny, with some records of Alexander's Horse and the 1st Bengal Cavalry''] Edited by F W Pitt 1896 Archive.org. The subject of the book is General W R E Alexander, a Commander of the 1st Bengal Cavalry. He took part in the [[2nd Sikh War]], the [[2nd Burma War]] and the [[Indian Mutiny]], and retired in 1876.
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsgeminige01wilkgoog ''The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals; Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers''] by  Major-Generals Osborn Wilkinson and  Johnson Wilkinson. 1896 Archive.org. Twin brothers Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson were born 1822. The former joined the Bengal Cavalry in 1844, and served  initially in the 10th Light Bengal Cavalry,  and subsequently the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, (and perhaps other cavalry regiments); the latter HM 15th Regiment of Foot, which went to Ceylon in 1845, with a period at Poona.
*[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]].
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan''] by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891, during which time he took part in the [[Indian Mutiny]], [[2nd China War‎]], military operations in Assam, [[Duar War|Bhutan War]], [[Egyptian Campaign 1882]],  [[Sudan Campaign‎]], and [[Black Mountain Expedition 1888‎]].
*[https://archive.org/details/hearseysfivegene00pearuoft/page/n8 ''The Hearseys : five generations of an Anglo-Indian family''] by Colonel Hugh Pearse 1905 Archive.org.  Includes Bengal Army.
* ''A Postscript To The Records Of The Indian Mutiny''  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173458 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. 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>
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=V50bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA445 "Baggage of the Indian Army"] ''Calcutta Review, Volume 11 January-June 1849'', page 445 Google Books
* ''Routes In The Bengal Presidency'' by Major Fred. Roberts 1865. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22666  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
* ''Routes In The Bengal And Punjab Commands'' Revised Edition 1900. [Quarter] Master General Of India.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35368  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00mallrich ''The Decisive Battles of India : from 1746 to 1849 inclusive''] by Colonel GB Malleson Fourth Edition, New, 1914, first published 1883. With maps. [https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00malluoft 2nd edition 1885] Darker text, but lacks some maps. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503252 ''Vignettes From Indian Wars''] by Lieut-General Sir George MacMunn, Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery  1932 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/whitemutinybriti0000stan/page/n5  ''White Mutiny : British Military Culture in India''] by Peter Stanley 1998 Archive.org Lending Library. The Bengal European Regiments were dissatisfied with the terms for the transfer to the British Army, from November 1858.
*[https://archive.org/details/tomrawgriffinbur00doylrich ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos: illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situtation in India''] by “a Civilian and an Officer on the Bengal Establishment” (Sir Charles D'Oyly)  1828 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/underindiansunbr0000unse/page/16 "Sketching from Nature: Soldier Artists in India"] by Patricia Kattenhorn page 17 ''Under the Indian Sun : British Landscape Artists'' edited by Pauline Rohatgi and Pheroza Godrej 1995. Published by Marg Publications, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Bombay. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetotranslite00lyalrich ''Guide to the transliteration of Hindu and Muhammadan names in the Bengal Army''] by C J Lyall, Bengal Civil Service  3rd edition 1892  Archive.org
*Fiction. ''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East'' by W D Arnold [William Delafield], Lieut. 58th Regiment, BNI [Bengal Native infantry]. 2nd edition 1854 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200691  Volume I] Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KnQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume II] Google Books. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakfield;_or,_Fellowship_in_the_East ''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East''] Wikipedia, which states "The novel is an indictment of the moral standards of the British regiments in India." Originally published (1853)  using the pseudonym Punjabee. Volume II, Oakfield takes part in the  [[2nd Sikh War]].


See [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_reading_list#The_Mutiny  Fibiwiki Military Reading List - Mutiny]
== References ==
 
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== External Links ==
===General===
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-59] The British Empire site
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Agra&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Alphabetical list of Mutiny locations] Google Books
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857]  Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 Timeline of the Mutiny] Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A10LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA625&dq=Table&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=CK23Ss7EKpP4NfPI-MMP#v=onepage&q=Table&f=false Chronological Table of Events] Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DVoNNeKsKmgC&pg=PA11&dq=Rose+Kalpi+1858&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U1YpqRXP4HNvee3q5m2TmcY9iJH7A#v=onepage&q=Rose%20Kalpi%201858&f=false Another chronology] Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TLl6bdIRle0C&pg=PA14&dq=Annals+of+the+Indian+rebellion,+1857-58+Volume+1&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Disposition of the Bengal Army January 1857] Google Books
*[http://www.csas.ed.ac.uk/mutiny Mutiny at the Margins] the University of Edinburgh’s website
:*[http://www.csas.ed.ac.uk/mutiny/SchoolsProjectLibraries.html Catalogue] of Resources in UK Libraries in conjunction with Mutiny at the Margins
*''1857: A Brief Political and Military Analysis'' by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin  defencejournal.com (Pakistan).  Issues from July 1999 to June 2000
:[http://defencejournal.com/jul99/1857.htm Chapter One "The English East India Company's Conquest Of India 1757-1849"] [http://defencejournal.com/aug99/rebellion.htm Chapter Two "The Causes Of The Rebellion"] [http://defencejournal.com/nov99/pol-mil-situation.htm Chapter Three "Political and Military Situation from 1839 to 1857" and Chapter Four "The Bengal Army and The Military Situation -1857"] [http://defencejournal.com/dec99/1857.htm Chapter Five "Development of Situation-January to July 1857"].  Further chapters may be seen under particular campaigns
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_Mutiny_Victoria_Cross_recipients VCs in the Indian Mutiny] Wikipedia
*[http://www.usiofindia.org/publications/Journal/Archives/ "Reflections from Lucknow on the Great Uprising of 1857"] by Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones  from the United Service Institution of India website. Scroll and select "October 2005-December 2005", then scroll to the article. Retrieved 12 October 2014
*[http://sites.google.com/site/laurieletters/1-introduction Irregular Correspondence] is a collection of letters by the three eldest sons of John and Eliza Laurie, to their parents. Includes the letters from India 1858-1861, of Lieutenant Julius Laurie of the 34th Foot. (Website by William Dyson-Laurie)
*[http://bjmh.org.uk/index.php/bjmh/article/view/32 "Counter-Insurgency in the Bombay Presidency during the Mutiny-Rebellion, 1857"] by Bruce Collins, British ''Journal for Military History'' Vol 1, No 2 (2015). bjmh.org.uk.
*[http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/May202007/sundayherald200705192574.asp "The rising in the south"] by Suryanath U Kamath Sunday, May 20, 2007 Deccan Herald.  The 1857-58 uprising in Karnataka, which continued till 1859.
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/results.php?searchType=simple&resultsDisplay=list&simpleText=%27The+Campaign+in+India+1857-58%27  A selection of lithographs] from ''The Campaign in India 1857-58. From Drawings Made During the Eventful Period of the Great Mutiny, by G.F. Atkinson Illustrating the Military Operations Before Delhi, and Its Neighbourhood''. 26 lithographed plates, published 1859. National Army Museum. Click on images to enlarge.
*[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/pages_photo/photo_0027.asp Rifle Brigade In The Camel Corps] rgjmuseum.co.uk.
 
===Maps===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/fullscreen.html?object=099 Schwartzberg Historical Atlas - Indian Mutiny Map]
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/fullscreen.html?object=097 Schwartzberg Historical Atlas - Administrative Divisions 1857]
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/images3/northernindia1857.jpg Northern India in the Mutiny] British Empire website
 
===Historical newspapers and books online===
*[http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/page.do?page=/researchguide.jspx&docPage=topicguide/blcs_25.htm (British Library) British Newspapers Online - Sepoy Mutiny] - Background context and links to free to view contemporary newspaper articles
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A10LAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA208,M1 Military Divisions in India at the outbreak of the Mutiny] in ''The history of the Indian revolt and of the expeditions to Persia, China & Japan'' by George Dodd (Google Books)
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W3geAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''The Mutiny of the Bengal Army''] by George Bruce Malleson (1858) (Google Books)
*''Bulletins and other state intelligence. Compiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London Gazette''. These volumes, mainly the middle six, include information about the military events and contain lists of casualties during the Indian Mutiny. (refer FIBIS database, above) Published in these volumes 1859-1862. Google Books.
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZMQsAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover  1857 Part 1, January to June],  [http://books.google.com/books?id=DNI1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover  1857 Part 2, July to December], with [http://books.google.com/books?id=DNI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2378  Index under entry 'India Board']
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=09M1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7  1858 Part 1],[http://books.google.com/books?id=0tU1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1505 1858 Part 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1858  Part 3], [http://books.google.com/books?id=Tqc1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover  1858 Part 4] with [http://books.google.com/books?id=Tqc1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3951  Index under entry 'India Board']
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=BloPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover  1859 Part 1, January to June], [http://books.google.com/books?id=odg1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1503  1859 Part 2, July to December] with [http://books.google.com/books?id=odg1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2621 Index under entry 'India Office']
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22098/page/811 ''The London Gazette Extraordinary Wednesday, February 17, 1858''], (page 811) consisting of 34 pages relating to the Indian Mutiny. Includes "a [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22098/page/839 complete nominal roll] of officers, members of the Uncovenanted Service, and women and children of the garrison of Lucknow" (page 839). This [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n239/mode/1up link] <ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n239/mode/1up page 230 footnote] "Notes on the History and Services of the Thirty-Second Regiment" ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal'' 1880 Part 3</ref> advises there were corrections in subsequent Gazettes.
*''The History of the Indian Mutiny'', Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Charles Ball, 1858, are available on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Index pages commence  computer page 756, Volume 1 and computer page 4, Volume 2
:Google Books has Volume 1, and almost all of Volume 2, classified as Volumes 1-7,  as follows:
::Volume 1: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=luZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP6 Images], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=luZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP41 Cover page],which advises "Illustrated with Battle Scenes, Views of Places, Portraits and Maps, Beautifully Engraved On Steel" [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=luZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 Page 1  of text], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=luZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA184 page 184]
::Volume 2: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tuZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA150 Images], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tuZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA185 page 185], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tuZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA376 page 376]
::Volume 3: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v-ZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP6 Images], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v-ZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA377 page 377], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v-ZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA568 page 568]
::Volume 4: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP6 Images], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA569 page 569], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA648  page 648, end of (original) Volume 1]. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 Page 1 of (original) Volume 2], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA112 page 112]
::Volume 5: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP6 Images], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA113 page 113], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA304 page 304]
::Volume 6: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA270 Images], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA305 page 305], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VeRCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA496 page 496]
::Volume 7: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4  Images], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA497 page 497], continues to [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA663 page 663], missing page 664, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA671 Index, Volume 1], page 671, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PBxRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA679 Index, Volume 2], page 679
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TLl6bdIRle0C&pg=PP11 ''Annals of the Indian Rebellion, 1857-58''] (attributed to ‪Noah Alfred Chick). Published at Calcutta  1859. Google Books. It appears this book may originally have been published in monthly parts. Another edition includes the title wording  ''containing narratives of the outbreaks and eventful occurrences, and stories of personal adventures, during the Mutiny of 1857-58''.
*''A History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-1858'' by John William Kaye Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorysepoywa01kayegoog#page/n6/mode/2up Volume 1] 1864, [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorysepoywa02kayegoog#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2] 1874, [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorysepoywa04kayegoog#page/n6/mode/2up  Volume 3]  1876
*''History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858: Commencing from the close of the second volume of Sir John Kaye's History of the Sepoy War'' by Colonel G.B. Malleson  Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyindianmu01mallgoog#page/n8/mode/2up  Volume 1] 1878, [http://archive.org/stream/historyofindianm02mall#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2] 1879, [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm03mall#page/n5/mode/2up  Volume 3 (title History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)] 1880
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/analyticalindext00pinciala#page/n3/mode/2up  ''Analytical index to Sir John W. Kaye's History of the Sepoy War and Col. G.B. Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny''] by Frederic Pincott. 1880 Archive.org
*[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
*''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 Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle01forruoft#page/n7/mode/2up  Volume 1] 1893, [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle03forruoft#page/n7/mode/2up  Volume 3] 1902, [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle04forruoft#page/n5/mode/2up  Volume 4] 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].
*[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=p8QnAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=Trimmoo&ei=KtCGSa_GBpr2McXMpIoI#PPR8,M1 Disposition of Troops in the Punjab prior to the Mutiny] in ''The Crisis in the Punjab, from the 10th of May Until the Fall of Delhi'' by Frederic Henry Cooper (Google Books)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=c1lNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138 "No. CXVII—Mutinies in India (Bengal): Further Papers (No. 6, in continuation of No. 4,) relative to the Mutinies in the East Indies" etc], including [http://books.google.com/books?id=c1lNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203 "Central Provinces"], pages 326-446 (computer pages 138-258) 'Series F British India, Colonies etc' ''Annals of British Legislation, Volume 5'' edited by Leone Levi 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
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=utpGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''A Year's Campaigning in India‬: ‪From March, 1857, to March, 1858''] by‬ Julius George Medley, Captain Bengal Engineers and Garrison Engineer of Lucknow. 1858 Google Books
*Joseph Fahrer of the Bengal Medical Service was the Residency Surgeon at Lucknow from 1853 and attended Sir Henry Lawrence when mortally wounded. His account of the Mutiny period is from [http://archive.org/stream/recollectionsofm1900fayr#page/130/mode/2up ''Recollections of My Life''], page 130 by Surgeon-General  Sir Joseph Fayrer 1900 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00unkngoog#page/n100/mode/1up ''Forty One Years in India: From subaltern to commander-in-chief Volume 1'']  by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar 1897 Chapter 6 onwards. Archive.org  [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin02robegoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] 1898
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lieutenantgener00hervgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Lieutenant General Crommelin, C.B.: Royal (Bengal) Engineers; a Memoir and a Retrospect in the Year of the Mutiny in India''] by Charles Hervey 1887 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]].
*[https://archive.org/details/incidentsinindia00pittiala ''Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny, with some records of Alexander's Horse and the 1st Bengal Cavalry''] Edited by F W Pitt 1896 Archive.org. The subject of the book is General W R E Alexander, a Commander of the 1st Bengal Cavalry.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A7XMfkemThoC&pg=PR5 ‪''The Shannon's Brigade in India‬: ‪being some account of Sir William Peel's Naval Brigade in the Indian Campaign of 1857-1858'']‬  by Edmund Hope Verney, Lieut. R.N. 1862 ‪Google Books
*''From Cadet to Colonel: the Record of a Life of Active Service'' by Sir Thomas Seaton 1866 Google Books, The Indian Mutiny commences  Volume 2 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52  Chapter III, page 52] ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bUEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5 Volume 1])
*[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/cu31924064295508#page/n9/mode/2up ''Mutiny Memoirs being Personal Reminiscences of the Great Sepoy Revolt of 1857''] by Colonel A. R. D. Mackenzie 2nd edition 1892 Archive.org (First edition 1891)
*''Memories of the Mutiny'' by Francis Cornwallis Maude, late Colonel R A, and formerly commanding the Artillery of Havelock's Column. 1894 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/memoriesmutiny01shergoog Volume I] 2nd Edition. [https://archive.org/details/MemoriesOfTheMutiny2 Volume II]
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028000101#page/n151/mode/2up  "The Indian Mutiny"], page 121, ''Recollections of a Military Life'' by General Sir John Adye , RA  1895 Archive.org.  He came to India when the Indian Mutiny broke out, and was in India nearly nine years.
*[http://archive.org/stream/narrativeofsiege00grifiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi with an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857''] by Charles John Griffiths, Late Captain [[61st Regiment of Foot|61st Regiment]]  1910 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GhodAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3  ''Up Among the Pandies: Or, A Year's Service in India''] by Lieut. Vivian Dering Majendie, Royal Artillery.  1859 Google Books. The author left England after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tDAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3  ''Recollections of a winter campaign in India in 1857-58''] by Capt Oliver John Jones, R.N. 1859 Google Books. The author was attached, as a volunteer, to the [[53rd Regiment of Foot]] for five months
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog  ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal''] by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author was with the [[9th Lancers]], and for a period with Irregular Cavalry. His Indian Mutiny experiences commence [https://archive.org/stream/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog#page/n157/mode/2up page 127].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_03108#page/n33/mode/2up, ''Life and travels of James Fisher: an autobiography''], page 32 by James Fisher 1890 Archive.org.  During the Indian Mutiny the author belonged to a British Army regiment, 2nd Battalion Military Train, whose duty was a mounted transport. (This regiment was later part of the Royal Army Service Corps  and nowadays the Royal Logistic Corps)
*''Barracks and battlefields in India; or, The experiences of a soldier of the 10th Foot (North Lincoln) in the Sikh wars and Sepoy Mutiny'', edited by the Rev Caesar Caine 1891 is available to read  as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/507263 Pdf download],  Digital Library of India. The soldier was Thomas Malcolm. This book is also available on a '''restricted access''' basis, probably accessible by those in North America on the  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100382741 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
*[https://archive.org/stream/recollectionsoft00gordrich#page/106/mode/2up Sepoy Mutiny] page 107 ''Recollections of thirty-nine years in the Army'' by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon,  Surgeon- General 1898 Archive.org. He was then a surgeon with the [[10th Regiment of Foot]].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/throughmutinyrem00walkrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Through the Mutiny, reminiscences of thirty years' active service and sport in India, 1854-83''] by Thomas Nicholls Walker 1907 Archive.org
*[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/2228 ''Fatehgarh And The Mutiny''] by F R Cosens (and C L Wallace) 1933 Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL]. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm),  (IST = GMT+5:30). Also available as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/81088  pdf download from the Digital Library of India]
*[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
*[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/frommidshipmanto01woodiala ''From Midshipman to Field Marshal, Volume I''] by  Evelyn Wood 1906 Archive.org.  He arrived in India in December 1857 [https://archive.org/stream/frommidshipmanto01woodiala#page/118/mode/2up page 118] and took part in  operations in Central India, where he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
*''Oriental Campaigns and European Furloughs: The Autobiography of a Veteran of the Indian Mutiny'' by Colonel E. Maude 1908  Archive.org The author served in a Field Force against the Bheels in 1857 [http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/206/mode/2up page 207] and in  the Malwa Field Force in 1858 [http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/212/mode/2up page 213]
*[http://archive.org/stream/incidentsandane00sprogoog#page/n72/mode/2up The Mutiny],  page 48 ''Incidents and Anecdotes in the Life of Lieut.-General Sprot  Volume 1'' 1906 Archive.org. The author was located in Central India.
*[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/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.
*''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<br />
*[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
*[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
*''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1880 Part 3'' Archive.org
**"Notes on the History and Services of the Thirty-Second Regiment" The middle parts of this article, are available as follows: [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n125/mode/1up  page 114], [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n227/mode/1up  page 218], [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n302/mode/1up    page 299]. Unfortunately, the earlier and later parts of this article in earlier and later volumes are not available online. They are however, available at the [[British Library]].
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n281/mode/1up  "Martyrs, an Episode in the Indian Mutiny"] by Major Picton Warlow page 278
*''Records of the Intelligence Department of the Government of the North-West Provinces of India during the Mutiny of 1857'' arranged by Sir William Muir 1902 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsintellig00indigoog#page/n6/mode/2up Volume 1] [http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsintellig01indigoog#page/n6/mode/2up Volume 2]
*''Selections from the Punjab Government Records''. Edited by A. Raynor and H. R. Goulding c 1911. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India: ''Volume 7''. ''Mutiny Records. Correspondence''. 2 pt. 1911. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/281777  ''Mutiny Records Correspondence In Two Part Part I 1911'': POSSIBLY  Volume 7],  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/103324 ''Mutiny Records Correspondence Vol.7 Pt.2 1911''].  ''Volume 8''. ''Mutiny Records. Reports''. 2 pt. 1911. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/529198  ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8; Pt.1 1911''],  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/529197 ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8; Pt.2'']
*''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://archive.org/stream/recollectionsofl00harrrich#page/20/mode/2up "The Indian Campaigns 1857-1859"] page 21, ''Recollections of a Life in the British Army during the latter half of the 19th Century'' by Gen. Sir Richard Harrison, Royal Engineers 1908 Archive.org
*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/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
*[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
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/14761 ''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny''] by Mark Thornhill  1884 is available as a pdf download  from the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. 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://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
====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
*[https://archive.org/details/eightdaystaleofi00forr ''Eight Days: a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by R E Forrest, first published 1891. Archive.org
*''The Star of Fortune: a Story of the Indian Mutiny'' by J E Muddock 1894 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/staroffortunesto01mudd Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/staroffortunesto02mudd Volume II]
:[https://archive.org/details/greatwhitehandor00dono ''The Great White Hand  or, The Tiger of Cawnpore: a Story of the Indian Mutiny''] by J E Muddock 1896 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/ontorescuetaleof00stabiala ''On to the Rescue : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Gordon Stables, Surgeon, Royal Navy. 1894 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/redyearstoryofin00traciala ''The Red Year: a Story of the Indian Mutiny''] by Louis Tracy 1907 Archive.org
'''For younger readers'''
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_NoBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Childhood in India; or, English Children in the East by the wife of an officer, late of H.M. service''] 1865 (Google Books) .  A Tale for Children "Founded on Fact" based on the experiences of a family in India during the Mutiny of 1857.
*[https://archive.org/details/begumbaghtaleofi00fenniala ''Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by George Manville Fenn 1879 Archive.org. George Manville Fenn 1831-1909,  was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories.
:[https://archive.org/details/GM_Fenn_Gil_the_Gunner  ''Gil the Gunner; or The Youngest Officer in the East''] by George Manville Fenn 1892 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story about a young officer in the [[Bengal Horse Artillery]].
*[https://archive.org/details/disputedvctaleof00gibbiala ''The Disputed V.C. : a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Frederick P Gibbon, c 1894 Archive.org.  A boys’ adventure story.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/chalonerofbengal00lanciala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Chaloner of the Bengal Cavalry: a Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by Percival Lancaster R E. 1915  Archive.org  An adventure story for younger readers.


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The Bengal Army was one of the three Presidency Armies of the East India Company.

A list of Bengal Army regiments can either be found in the Bengal Army Category or alphabetically, by type, in Bengal Army Regiments.

Divisions

FIBIS resources

See Also

The Batta Mutiny of 1766

Records

Main article: East India Company Army

British Library

Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:

Subcategories
  • L/MIL/10/1-19 Bengal Army Lists, 1781-1849.
  • L/MIL/10/20-69 Bengal Service Army Lists, 1759-1858
  • L/MIL/10/70-74 Bengal Service Army Lists – Medical, c1765-1858
  • L/MIL/10/75-102 Bengal Services, 1860-1893
  • IOR/L/MIL/10/122-129 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers 1788-1860. Please note that these records were commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. They are the recommended records to look at initially for men serving from 1831. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
Update June 2017. Some transcribed records in this series are now available in the FIBIS database. Refer FIBIS resources above.
  • The Muster Rolls commence IOR/L/MIL/10/130-185
  • L/MIL/10/301-326 Bengal Army Discharges, 1820-1882. The FamilySearch catalogue provides additional information about these records: "Between 1859-1861 the EIC European forces (of which the Bengal Army was a part of) were transferred to the British Army. Discharge papers are for those men who chose to take an unpensioned discharge rather than be transferred into the regular British Army".
FamilySearch (LDS (Mormons)) have filmed many of these records, most of which are now available as digitised microfilm. Search the FamilySearch catalogue by entering keywords such as Bengal Army. In particular, “Registers of Bengal Army European soldiers, 1788-1860” and “Bengal Army muster rolls and casualty returns, 1716-1860” are available.
Note: Microfilm ordering services ceased September 2017, however selected microfilms have been digitised and are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format. See FamilySearch Centres for viewing details.
  • Military Department Library: Bengal Army IOR/L/MIL/17/2 1791-1903 includes
    • Bengal Army List IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267 1819-1889
    • Bengal Army: General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations, Indian Mutiny IOR/L/MIL/17/2/474-505 1845-1927
  • Soldiers’ and Officers’ Wills IOR/L/AG/34/30 1825-1881 (varies according to Presidency and whether a soldier or an officer). These records are available on findmypast

Books

  • List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834 by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. (London, 1927-47) Note that the dates refer to the date of joining the Army. Alphabetically arranged and annotated with biographical and genealogical notices, giving details of: (1) rank and brief career history (2) family information (3) service records: regiments or battalions in which the officer served (4) references to wills if they exist, to monumental inscriptions, or to mentions in publications. These volumes are now available online, refer below. The British Library shelfmark is OIR.355.332.
    A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantom Untold Lives blog of the British Library.
    FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the FIBIS database.
    The LDS (Mormon) Family History Library filmed the above books (catalogue entry), which currently (2018/09) are only partially available as digitised microfilm. It had been recommended that all three LDS films be viewed, as there is a lot of cross referencing. [2] See FamilySearch Centres for access information. However, while ever online versions of the volumes are available, it is unlikely the microfilms will need to be consulted.
  • Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863, is available in reprint editions,[3] and online on a pay website, refer below. Note data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer above.

External links

Historical books online

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV. Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Archive.org mirror versions: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV.
Alternative files Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV. All Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Archive.org mirror versions: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV.
  • Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863, is available in a reprint edition from Naval & Military Press, which is in turn available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 located in International/Military Books/India. Note data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer above.
Ubique: War Services... is also available as a FamilySearch digitised microfilm, catalogue entry, viewable at a FamilySearch Centre or FamilySearch Affiliate Library.
Indian Army Uniforms by W Y Carman 1969. Full title: Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947 : Artillery, Engineers and Infantry. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. Note: Original colour plates are in black and white and most illustrations are of poor quality.
Clothing regulations of the Bengal Army Calcutta Gazette office, Calcutta 1855. Link to a pdf, Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]). Clothing regulations are in respect of soldiers ("other ranks"), not officers, (who have dress regulations).
Also available British Library Digital. Images from the book British Library on flickr.com
‪Abstract of General Orders from 1846 to 1847 Inclusive‬ with a preceding Index 1840-1847 Compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1848 Google Books
Abstract of General Orders from 1847 to 1849 Inclusive Compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1851
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References

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  2. ↑ Murphy, Sylvia Author - Major VCP Hodson Scroll down. Rootsweb India Mailing List 11 Sept 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Naval and Military Press, Savannah Publications, London.
  4. ↑ peterharrington.co.uk. Accessed 21 September 2016.

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