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*[https====Personal accounts://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/revoltincentral00burtgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Revolt in Central India 1857-1859''] compiled by Army Headquarters, India 1908. Archive.org*[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.Civilian====
*[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.
:[https://archive.org/details/revoltinhindusta00wooduoft ''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.
*''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://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<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 ====Not yet classified====
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===Historical newspapers and books online===
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====Histories and general====
*[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)
*[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 (digital 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
*[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://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/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
====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=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
*[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/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/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.
:[https://archive.org/details/revoltinhindusta00wooduoft ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He became on attachment, 2nd in command, and then in command, of the [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Punjab Infantry]], Bengal Army for approximately 20 months, during the Indian Mutiny, [https://archive.org/stream/avariedlifearec00gordgoog#page/n46/mode/2up page 21], on active service near Cawnpore.
*[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.
*[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://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
*''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
*[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]].
====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.
*[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.
*See [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]] for the force which took part in some actions with Shannon's Brigade.
*[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/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.
*[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
