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*[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
*[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).
*''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  
*''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
**[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.
*''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.  
*''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.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  
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*[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.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.
*[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/historycorpsroy01portgoog#page/n530/mode/2up Volume I The Indian Mutiny] 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://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://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.  
*[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.  
*[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/TheIndianMutinyOf1857AndTheSikhsDr.GandaSingh ''The Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the Sikhs''] by Ganda Singh 1969 Archive.org
====Personal accounts: Army====
====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://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
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*[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/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]].
*[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====
====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.
*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.
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** Also see Fiction below for a novel, ''The Devil's Wind'' by Maj. Gen.G.L. Verney, concerning the Shannon's Brigade.
** 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.
*See [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]] for the force which took part in some actions with  Shannon's Brigade.
====Personal accounts: Civilian====
====Personal accounts: Civilians 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
*[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/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/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====
====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://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
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:[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/2015/281777  ''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://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].
*''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://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=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
*[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
*''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
*[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
====Fiction====
====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/00365245.2394.emory.edu ''First Love and Last Love: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny''] by James Grant 1869 Archive.org

Revision as of 01:49, 12 January 2019

Indian Mutiny
10 May 1857-19 April 1959
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Gangetic Plain and Central India
Combatants:
British Army
East India Company Armies
Bengal Presidency regiments
Result: Rebellion crushed
Medals: Indian Mutiny Medal
Clasps: Delhi, Defence of Lucknow, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India
Links:
Category:
Delhi Campaign
Events at Cawnpore
Havelock's Campaign
Showers' Movable Column
Greathed's Movable Column
Seaton's Movable Column
Trans-Gogra Campaign
Oude Campaign
Central India Campaign
Rohilcund Campaign


Preamble

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:

Cavalry Infantry Artillery Sappers Total
British troops 1,366 17,003 3,063 Nil 21,432
Indian troops 19,288 112,052 4,734 1,497 137,571
Totals 20,654 129,055 7,797 1,497 159,003

Outbreaks

Details of the outbreak of mutiny in various locations can be found in the following articles:

Campaigns

For details of the campaigns during the mutiny see the following main articles

Volunteer force

  • 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

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.

FIBIS resources

Casualties

  • 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.[1]
  • Military records on findypast.com include record set entitled British Casualties, Indian Mutiny 1857-1859

Recommended Reading

See Fibiwiki Military Reading List - Mutiny

External Links

General

  • 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), now archived webpages. Issues from July 1999 to June 2000
Chapter One "The English East India Company's Conquest Of India 1757-1849" Chapter Two "The Causes Of The Rebellion" Chapter Three "Political and Military Situation from 1839 to 1857" and Chapter Four "The Bengal Army and The Military Situation -1857" Chapter Five "Development of Situation-January to July 1857". Further chapters may be seen under particular campaigns.

Maps

Historical newspapers and books online

Under revision

Histories and general

Google Books has Volume 1, and almost all of Volume 2, classified as Volumes 1-7, as follows:
Volume 1: Images, Cover page,which advises "Illustrated with Battle Scenes, Views of Places, Portraits and Maps, Beautifully Engraved On Steel" Page 1 of text, continues to page 184
Volume 2: Images, page 185, continues to page 376
Volume 3: Images, page 377, continues to page 568
Volume 4: Images, page 569, continues to page 648, end of (original) Volume 1. Page 1 of (original) Volume 2, continues to page 112
Volume 5: Images, page 113, continues to page 304
Volume 6: Images, page 305, continues to page 496
Volume 7: Images, page 497, continues to page 663, missing page 664, Index, Volume 1, page 671, Index, Volume 2, page 679
Lacks maps, but pages may be easier to read Archive.org.
Second edition 1897 With a second Preface. Archive.org.

Personal accounts: Army

A Lady's Diary Before and During the Indian Mutiny by M H Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author 's husband wrote the book above.
The Revolt in Hindustan, 1857-59 by Sir Evelyn Wood 1908 Archive.org. Based on a series of articles in The Times in October 1907.

Personal accounts: Navy

Personal accounts: Civilians and others

Not yet classified

  • 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
  • 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 Volume 1 Volume 2
  • Selections from the Punjab Government Records. Edited by A. Raynor and H. R. Goulding c 1911. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India
Mutiny Records Correspondence In Two Parts [Volume 7] Part 1 1911, Archive.org version, Mutiny Records Correspondence Vol.7 Pt.2 1911.
Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8 Pt.1 1911, Archive.org version; Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8 Pt.2, Archive.org version.

Fiction

The Great White Hand or, The Tiger of Cawnpore: a Story of the Indian Mutiny by J E Muddock 1896 Archive.org

For younger readers

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.

References

  1. By email to User:Maureene dated 14 November 2010
  2. Snook, Mike. How did new troops get to Roorkee in 1858? Victorian Wars Forum 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. 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
  4. History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857 by Julian R J Jocelyn. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.
  5. peterharrington.co.uk. Accessed 21 September 2016.