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== References ==
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*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==
See [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_reading_list#The_Mutiny Fibiwiki Military Reading List - Mutiny]
== External Links ==
*[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://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.
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