Research and Reference Library

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Searchable version from The Ohio State University)

Revised US Army Regulations of 1861 (with revisions through June 1863)

Brig.-Gen. Silas Casey: “Infantry Tactics For The Instruction, Exercise, and Maneuvers of the Soldier, A Company, Line of Skirmishers, Battalion, Brigade, Or Corps D’Armee” (1862) (Three Volumes)

August V. Kautz “Customs of the Service” (1864) (One volume for Officers, another for NCOs and Soldiers)

Dennis H. Mahan, “An Elementary Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops, and the Manner of Posting and Handling Them In Presence of an Enemy.” (1861)

Daniel Butterfield ”Camp and Outpost Duty for Infantry” (1862)(Google Document – Book starts on page 10 of the file)

Ordnance Manuals

”Rules for the Management and Cleaning of the Rifle Musket, Model 1863, for the use of Soldiers” (1863)

S. Bertram Browne ”A Companion to the New Rifle Musket” (1859)(Google Document – Book starts on page 7 of the file)

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