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*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofg00forb/page/n5 ''Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59, including the Relief, Siege, and Capture of Lucknow, and the Campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude''] by William Forbes-Mitchell, late Sergeant, [[93rd Regiment of Foot|Ninety-Third Sutherland Highlanders]] 1894 (first published 1893) Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/reliefoflucknow0000forb/page/n5 ''The Relief of Lucknow''] by William Forbes-Mitchell. Edited, and with an introduction, by Michael Edwardes 1962. Archive.org Lending Library.
'''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.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030736418?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Barclay of the Guides''] by Herbert Strang probably 1908. HathiTrust Digital Library. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32102 1928 reprint of 1908 original] Gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/barclayoftheguid32102gut Archive.org version]. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[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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See [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_reading_list#The_Mutiny Fibiwiki Military Reading List - Mutiny]
== External Links links ==
===General===
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-59] The British Empire site
*[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)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170726072557/http://www.leighanddistricthistory.com/index.php/law/indian-mutiny-1857-1858 Leigh and District History: Indian Mutiny 1857-1858], now an archived webpage. Personal accounts from soldiers in India, sent to family in the Leigh District, Greater Manchester, England. The account by James Ramsdale, stated to be of the "14th Battalion Royal Infantry", appears to be a transcription error - it is considered he was actually in No. 3 Coy/14th Bn. Royal Artillery.<ref>Snook, Mike. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170819034041/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11969&sid=132751e5450348d8a925c2d2a7154561#p63140 How did new troops get to Roorkee in 1858?] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017, now archived.</ref>
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44225863 "Three Letters From The Indian Mutiny"] by Brian Robson. ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Vol. 77, No. 310 (Summer 1999), pp. 100-105. jstor.org. Read online for free, but registration with jstor.org required, see [[Miscellaneous tips]] for more details. Three letters from Rifleman Francis Foster of the [[Rifle Brigade]], dating from the latter phases of the Mutiny, in 1858.
*[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://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 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.
*Papers presented to Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Printed in London
:[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030435394#page/n370/mode/1up Details of the Reports presented], with brief details of the contents. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175703 Second edition 1897] With a second Preface. 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
*''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). Also available for those in areas such as North America on [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008884125 HathiTrust Digital Library] and [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_history_of_the_Royal_and_Indian_arti.html?id=vKc4AQAAIAAJ Google Books]. “A very remarkable narrative, containing better tables and orders of battle, than any other book published. It is as interesting for its general as it is for its artillery record.” (Statement by Sir George MacMunn, 1931, refer his book below).*''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, page 474. 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-Cawnpore] 1902,[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle03forruoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] [Lucknow-Cawnpore] 1902, [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromle04forruoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 4] [Central India] 1912
*''A History of the Indian Mutiny; reviewed and illustrated from original documents'' by G W Forrest CIE 1904-12 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm01forr#page/n7/mode/2up Volume I]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm02forr#page/n7/mode/2up Volume II]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindianm03forr#page/n9/mode/2up Volume III], Central India.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hoVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Notes on the Revolt in the North-Western Provinces of India''] by Charles Raikes 1858 Google Books
*''An account of the mutinies in Oudh and of the siege of the Lucknow Residency; with some observations on the condition of the Province of Oudh and on the causes of the mutiny of the Bengal Army'' by Martin Richard Gubbins, Bengal Civil Service, Financial Commissioner for Oudh. [https://archive.org/details/accountofmutinie00gubb 2nd edition, with additions]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284858 Third edition, with further additions]. Also [https://archive.org/details/anaccountmutini00gubbgoog 3rd edition] better text, but lacks images. 1858 Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Narrative of the Mutinies in Oude. Compiled from Authentic Records''] by Captain George Hutchinson, Bengal Engineers, Military Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Oude 1859 Google Books
*[httphttps://booksarchive.google.co.ukorg/details/crisisinpunjabfr00coop/page/books?id=p8QnAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=Trimmoo&ei=KtCGSa_GBpr2McXMpIoI#PPR8,M1 Disposition of Troops in the Punjab prior to the Mutiny] in n5 ''The Crisis in the Punjab, : from the 10th of May Until until the Fall of Delhi'' ] by Frederic Henry Cooper (, Deputy Commissioner of Umritsur 1858 Archive.org. Published in London. Includes [https://archive.org/details/crisisinpunjabfr00coop/page/n11 "Disposition of Troops prior to Outbreak"], page vii. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p8QnAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 Google Books)edition by A Punjab Employe] and published in Lahore for the benefit of the Lawrence Asylum 1858.
*[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
*''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
*''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]
*[https://archive.org/details/revoltinhindusta00wood/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Revolt in Hindustan 1857-59''] by Sir Evelyn Wood 1908 Archive.org. Based on articles originally published in ''The Times'' in 1907, with some chapters re written.
*[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
*''Selections from the Punjab Government Records''. Series edited by A. Raynor and H. R. Goulding. Volumes 7 and 8 are in respect of the Indian Mutiny and were published 1911.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281777 ''Mutiny Records Correspondence In Two Parts [Vol. 7<nowiki>]</nowiki> Part 1'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.10817/page/n3 [Vol. 7<nowiki>]</nowiki> Pt.2''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54949 Pt.2 '' 2nd file]:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529198 ''Mutiny Records Reports [Vol.8<nowiki>]</nowiki> Pt.1''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529197 ''Mutiny Records Reports [Vol.8<nowiki>]</nowiki> Pt.2'']. Archive.org. Public Library of India Collection. :[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.107962/page/n3/mode/2up ''Press Lists of Mutiny Papers of 1857-58 in the Punjab Secretariat''] published c 1925 (although catalogued 1857). The author appears to be HLO Garrett, Keeper of the Punjab Records at Lahore. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani 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/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.2015.63161/page/n1 ''Bengal Mutiny. The Story Of The Sepoy Rebellion''] by George Dangerfield 1933 Archive.org
*[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/TheIndianMutinyOf1857AndTheSikhsDr.GandaSingh ''The Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the Sikhs''] by Ganda Singh 1969 Archive.org
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/mutinyoutbreakat0000palm/page/n5 ''The Mutiny Outbreak at Meerut in 1857''] by J A B Palmer 1966 including [https://archive.org/details/mutinyoutbreakat0000palm/page/176 "Plan of Meerut Cantonment in 1857"], page 177. Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/rajindianmutinyk0000pemb/page/n5 ''The Raj, the Indian Mutiny and the Kingdom of Oudh, 1801-1859''] by John Pemble 1977 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/thelastmughalthefallofadynastydelhi18572008vintagebooks_201910 ''The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857''] by William Dalrymple 2006 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/heroesofindianmu00gill/page/n11 ''Heroes of the Indian Mutiny; Stories of Heroic Deeds…''] by Edward Gilliat 1914 Archive.org. Elsewhere classified as “reading level: Young Adults”, and appears to be considered suitable for older school students.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12731/page/n7 ''English Historical Writings on the Indian Mutiny 1857-1859''] by Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri 1979 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/indianmutiny18570000frem ''The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58''] by Gregory Fremont-Barnes 2007. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Part of the series ''Essential Histories'' edited by Professor Robert O’Neill.
====Personal accounts: Army====
*[https://archive.org/details/withhavelockfrom00groorich/page/n8 ''With Havelock from Allahabad to Lucknow, 1857''] by William Tate Groom 1894 Archive.org. Letters to his wife, by an officer with the [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]], who was mortally wounded in a sortie on 5th October 1857.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024080719/page/n8 ''The Chaplain's Narrative of the Siege of Delhi : from the Outbreak at Meerut to the Capture of Delhi''] by John Edward Wharton Rotton, one of the Chaplains of Meerut and Chaplain to the Delhi Field Force. 1858 Archive.org
*[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=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
*[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
*''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])
*[[93rd Regiment of Foot]]
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.91095/page/n1/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of Military Service with the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders''] by Surgeon-General Munro, formerly Surgeon of the Regiment 1883 Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection. The regiment arrived in Calcutta in September 1857, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.91095/page/116/mode/2up page 117].
**[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofg00forb/page/n5 ''Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59, including the Relief, Siege, and Capture of Lucknow, and the Campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude''] by William Forbes-Mitchell, late Sergeant, [[93rd Regiment of Foot|Ninety-Third Sutherland Highlanders]] 1894 (first published 1893) Archive.org
*:[https://archive.org/details/reliefoflucknow0000forb/page/n5 ''The Relief of Lucknow''] by William Forbes-Mitchell. Edited, and with an introduction, by Michael Edwardes 1962. Archive.org Lending Library.
**[https://archive.org/details/recollectionsah00alexgoog/page/n12/mode/2up ''Recollections of a Highland Subaltern, during the Campaigns of the 93rd Highlanders in India, under Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, in 1857, 1858 and 1859''] by Lieut.-Colonel W Gordon-Alexander 1898 Archive.org. Refers to some instances which were reported inaccurately in Malleson's ''History''.
*[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
*[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)
*[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]. His wife's account follows.
:[https://archive.org/details/aladysdiarybefo00ouvrgoog ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/gunnerjingosjubi00stra ''Gunner Jingo's Jubilee''] by Major-General T Bland Strange. Late Royal Artillery 1893 Archive.org. Born 1831 in [[Meerut]] he subsequently came to India when the Indian Mutiny broke out (page 129). [https://archive.org/details/gunnerjingosjubi00stra/page/n15 Contents] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bland_Strange Thomas Bland Strange] Wikipedia. [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7974 “Strange, Thomas Bland”] by Roderick C. Macleod in ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', vol. 15, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003.
*''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/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://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
*[https://archive.org/details/oldmemories00gougrich/mode/2up ''Old Memories''] by General Sir Hugh Gough 1897 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924064186590/page/n13/mode/2up 2nd digital file which lists the illustrations in the book] Both Archive.org. Indian Mutiny recollections.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513692/page/n11/mode/2up ''An Old Soldier’s Memories''] by S. H. Jones-Parry, late Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 1897 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in 1849. He joined the 1st Madras Fusiliers in 1850 (page 24). He took part in the [[2nd Burma War]] and the Indian Mutiny. He left India, c early-mid 1860s.
*[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, finally retiring in March 1881.
*[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]].
*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.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.444/page/n3/mode/2up ''Delhi - 1857. The Siege, Assault and Capture as given in the diary and correspondence of the late Colonel Keith Young, CB, Judge-Advocate General, Bengal''] edited by General Sir Henry Wylie Norman and Mrs Keith Young. 1902 Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection. Judge-Advocate General was an Army position.
*''The Story of a Soldier's Life'' by Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley 1903. [https://archive.org/details/storyofsoldiers01wols/page/n8 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/storyofsoldiers02wols/page/n8 Volume II] Archive.org. The Indian Mutiny account commences [https://archive.org/details/storyofsoldiers01wols/page/246 page 247]. He was with the [[90th Regiment of Foot|90th Light Infantry]].
*[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/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
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/392165-annals-of-two-extinct-families-of-the-eighteenth-century-von-luders-and-light-with-some-account-of-their-vicisitudes-in-hamburg-bath-the-east-indies-british-guiana-and-canada?viewer=1&page=161 Page 129] (digital page 161) Chapter VIII ''Annals of two extinct families of the eighteenth century (Von Lüders and Light) : with some account of their vicisitudes in Hamburg, Bath, the East Indies, British Guiana, and Canada'' by John Alexander Temple 1910. FamilySearch Digital Library. Note, you must be signed in to [[FamilySearch]] to view this book. This chapter is about Alfred Light, Bengal Artillery and his part in the Indian Mutiny. Light is also mentioned [https://archive.org/details/revoltinhindusta00wood/page/n39/mode/2up/ Page 15] of Sir Evelyn Wood's 1908 book, see above. 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/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/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/englishwomaninin0000tytl/page/n5 ''An Englishwoman in India : the memoirs of Harriet Tytler, 1828-1858''] by Harriet Tytler. Edited by Anthony Sattin. 1986. Archive.org Lending Library. Harriet Tytler, the wife of Captain Robert Tytler, was the only woman present at the siege of Delhi in 1857.
*For online books about Brig-Gen John Nicholson and his role in the Indian Mutiny, see the the page [[John Nicholson]]
*[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
** Also see Fiction below for a novel, ''The Devil's Wind'' by Maj. Gen.G.L. Verney, concerning the Shannon's Brigade.
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54 Pearl's Naval Brigade in India] page 54 ''The Cruise of the Pearl round the World'' by Rev E A Wiliams 1859 Google Books. See [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]] for the force which took part in some actions with Shannon's Brigade.*[https://archive.org/details/navalbrigadesini0000unse/page/n5 ''The Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58''] edited by Commander W B Rowbotham RN 1947. Printed for the Navy Records Society, Vol LXXXVII. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes personal accounts.
====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
====Fiction====
*''How to Manage It: a Novel'' by Iltudus Thomas Prichard 1864. [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan00pricgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Vol.I], [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan02pricgoog/page/n8/mode/2up Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/howtomanageitan01pricgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Vol.III] Archive.org.
:[http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=241 Iltudus Thomas Prichard] victorianresearch.org.
:He was also the author of the factual account ''The Mutinies in Rajpootana'', see [[Central India Campaign]].
*[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
*[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
* ''The Devils Wind'' by Maj. Gen. G.L. Verney 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.449028 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. An account of the actions of the Naval Brigade of H.M.S. Shannon, which participated in the Relief of Lucknow, told through the eyes of a very young sailor.*[https://archive.org/details/siegeofkrishnapu00farr/mode/2up ''The Siege of Krishnapur''] by J G Farrell 1976, first published 1973. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://reaction.life/favourite-book-siege-krishnapur-j-g-farrell/ A review] reaction.life. ''Siege'' was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1973.
*[https://archive.org/details/shadowofmoon00kaye ''Shadow of the Moon''] by M.M. Kaye 1980, [https://archive.org/details/shadowofmoon00mmka 2nd file] both Archive.org Lending Library. Originally published in 1957 with much of the historical content cut by the publisher, republished in its original form restored to its full length in 1980, following the great success of the author's 1978 book ''The Far Pavilions''.
*[https://archive.org/details/flashmaningreatg00fras/page/n3 ''Flashman in the Great Game : from the Flashman papers, 1856-1858''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1989. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the Indian Mutiny. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.
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