We suggest the following books and magazine articles to further research the 4th United States Field Artillery, the Field Artillery, the Iron Brigade, the Regular Army or Wisconsin Regiments.
4th United States Field Artillery Regiment
"A Federal Artilleryman at Gettysburg." American History Illustrated 2 (May l967): 22-29.
Ambrose, Stephen E. Upton and the Army. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1964.
Brown, Kent M. Cushing of Gettysburg: The Story of a Union Artillery Commander. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1993.
Brown, Kent M. "'By Hand to the Front': Demerits at West Point, Glory and Death at Gettysburg." [Alonzo H. Cushing] Virginia Country's Civil War 4, no. 1 (1986): 4-8 & 10-15.
Buell, Augustus C. "The Cannoneer": Recollections of Service in the Army of the Potomac. Albuquerque, NM: Regimental Memorial, 1890, l988.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside House, 1979.
Felton, Silas. "Pursuing the Elusive "Cannoneer"." Gettysburg Magazine, July 1993, 33-39.
Field, Edward. "The Irish Brigade." United Service l (1889): 575-92.
Fuger, Frederick. "Cushing's Battery at Gettysburg." Journal of Military Service Inst. United States 41 (1907): 404-10.
Haight, Theron W. Three Wisconsin Cushings: A Sketch of the Lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, Children of a Pioneer Family of Waukesha County. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Comm., 1910.
Hogarty, William P. "A Medal of Honor." War Talks in Kansas (MOLLUS, KS). Kansas City, MO: Franklin Hudson, 1906. 351-60.
Michie, Peter S. The Life and Letters of Emory Upton, Colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery and Brevet Major-General, U.S. Army. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885.
"Personal Recollections of Sheridan's Raid." United Service 5 (1891): 570-76.
"Pulaski and Charleston." United Service 5 (1891): 217-31.
Quezon, Rollin. "Cushing's Command." Field Artillery Journal 28 (May/June 1938): 180-82.
Rodenbough, Theodore. F. and William L. Haskin, eds. The Army of the United States. New York: Maynard, Merrill, 1896. 359-72.
Stewart, James. "Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery at Gettysburg." Sketches of War History 4 (MOLLUS, OH). Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke, 1896. 108-93.
Taylor, Sydney W. Officers of the Fourth Regiment of U.S. Artillery from its Organization in 1821. Unknown City: W. R. Lyle and T. H. Maddux, Publishers, 1890.
White, John C. "A Review of the Services of the Regular Army During the Civil War." Serialized article from an unknown periodical, c.1909.
Wilkeson, Frank. Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac. NY: Putnam, 1898.
Field Artillery
Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy. Time-Life Book's Echoes of Glory Series. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books Press, 1991.
Arms and Equipment of the Union. Time-Life Book's Echoes of Glory Series. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books Press, 1991.
Alexander, E. Porter. Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander. 1989.
Alexander, E. Porter. The Military Memoirs of a Confederate: A Critical Narrative. 1907.
Berkhimer, William. Historical Sketch of the Organization, Administration, Materiel and Tactics of the Artillery, United States Army. Washington, DC: Thomas McGill Publishing Co., 1884.
Billings, John Davis. Hardtack and Coffee. 1888.
Buell, Augustus C. The Cannoneer. Morningside House, Inc., 1890.
Daniel, Larry J. Cannoneers in Gray: The Field Artillery of the Army of Tennessee, 1861-1865. 1990.
Daniel, Larry J. and Riley W. Gunter. Confederate Cannon Foundries. 1977.
Dickey, Thomas S. and Peter C. George. Field Artillery Projectiles of the American Civil War. 1993.
Dornbusch, C. E. Regimental Publications & Personal Narratives of the Civil War; a Checklist. 1961.
Downey, Fairfax. Sound of the Guns: The Story of American Artillery from the Ancient and Honorable Company to the Atom Cannon and Guided Missle. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1955.
Dyer, Frederick. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 1908.
French, Cpt. William H., Cpt. William F. Barry, and Cpt. Henry J. Hunt. Instruction for Field Artillery. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864.
Gibbon, Gen. John, U.S. Army (Ret.). The Artillerist's Manual. 2nd ed. 1863.
Gibbon, Gen. John, U.S. Army (Ret.). Personal Recollections of the Civil War. 1928.
Hazlett, James C., Edwin Olmsted, and M. Hume Parks. Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War. 2nd ed. 1988.
Hunt, Henry J. and James M. Robertson. Individual letters written to the Journal of the Military Service Institute of the United States, Volume VI, Number XXIII. September, 1885.
Kimmel, Ross M. “A Well-drilled Artillery Battery, Like a Choreographed Ballet, Had no Wasted Parts or Movements.” (American’s Civil War, July 2001), 12, 14, 16, and 78.
Langellier, John P. Redlegs: The U.S. Artillery from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War, 1861-1898. Vol. 11 of The G.I. Series: The Illustrated History of the American Soldier, His Uniform and His Equipment. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000.
Lavery, Dennis S. and Mark H. Jordan. Iron Brigade General: John Gibbon, a Rebel in Blue. 1993.
Lewis, Emanuel Raymond, Seacoast Fortifications of the United States, 1979.
Longacre, Edward G. The Man Behind the Guns: A Biography of General Henry J. Hunt, Commander of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. 1977.
Lutz, D. E. Artillery for the Land Service of the United States, 1849-1865. 1988.
Melton, Jack W. and Lawrence E. Pawl. A Guide to Civil War Artillery Projectiles. 1996.
Melton, Jack W. and Lawrence E. Pawl. Introduction to Field Artillery Ordnance, 1861-1865. 1994.
Mordecai, Alfred (U.S. Army Ordnance Dept.). Artillery for the United States Land Service. 1849.
Morgan, James. "Mounted But Not Mounted: The Confusing Terminology of Artillery." Camp Chase Gazette, March 1996.
Naisawald, L. VanLoan. Grape and Canister; The Story of the Field Artillery of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865. 1960.
Olmstead, Edwin, Wayne E. Stark, and Spencer C. Tucker. The Big Guns: Civil War Siege, Seacoast and Naval Cannon. 1997.
Peterson, Harold L. Round Shot and Rammers: An Introduction to Muzzle-Loading Land Artillery in the United States. 1969.
Rodenbough and Haskin. The Army of the United States. New York: Maynard, Merrill & Co., 1896.
Ripley, Warren. Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War. 4th rev. ed. 1984.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. 1995.
Switlik, M.C. The More Complete Cannoneer. 3rd ed. 1990.
Thomas, Dean S. Cannons: An Introduction to Civil War Artillery. 1985.
Wise, Jennings Cropper. The Long Arm of Lee, or, the History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia. 1915.
The Iron Brigade
Buell, Augustus C. The Cannoneer. Morningside House, Inc., 1890.
Clark, Champ. The Bloodiest Day: The Battle of Antietam. Time-Life Book's The Civil War Series, vol. 11. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books Press, 1985. 74-75.
Clark, Champ. Gettysburg: The Confederate High Tide. Time-Life Book's The Civil War Series, vol. 15. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books Press, 1985. 62 & 161.
Clark, Champ. Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Time-Life Book's The Civil War Series, vol. 8. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books Press, 1985. 137-139.
Dawes, Rufus R. Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. Madison, WI: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1962.
Gaff, Alan D. Brave Men's Tears: The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm. 1985.
Gaff, Alan D. If This Is War: A History of the Campaign of Bull Run by the Wisconsin Regiment Thereafter Known as the Ragged Ass Second. 1991.
Gaff, Alan D. On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade. 1997.
Gibbon, Gen. John, U.S. Army (Ret.). Adventures on the Western Frontier. (Alan D. and Maureen Gaff, Editors). 1994.
Gibbon, Gen. John, U.S. Army (Ret.). Personal Recollections of the Civil War. 1928.
Herdegen, Lance J. The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won its Name. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Herdegen, Lance J. and Sherry Murphy, eds. Four Years with the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journals of William R. Ray, Company F, 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2002.
Herdegen, Lance J. and William J.K. Beaudot. An Irishman in the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Memoirs of Sergeant James P. Sullivan, Company K, 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. New York: Fordham University Press, 1993.
Herdegen, Lance J. and William J.K. Beaudot. In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg. Dayton, OH: Morningside House, Inc., 1990.
Lavery, Dennis S. and Mark H. Jordan. Iron Brigade General: John Gibbon, a Rebel in Blue. 1993.
Nolan, Alan T. The Iron Brigade: A Military History. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1961 & 1994.
Nolan, Alan T. and Sharon Eggleston Vipond, Editors. Like Giants in Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron Brigade. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998.
Roy, Andrew. Fallen Soldier: Memoir of a Civil War Casualty. 1996.
Smith, Donald L. The Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Publishing Company, 1962.
The Regular Army
Ness, Jr., George T. The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil War. Baltimore, MD: Toomey Press, 1990.
Wisconsin Regiments
Ambrose, Stephen E., ed. A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie: The Selected Letters of James K. Newton. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1961.
Barrett, Joseph O. The Soldier Bird. "Old Abe": The Live War-Eagle of Wisconsin That Served a Three Years' Campaign in the Great Rebellion. Madison, WI: Atwood & Culver, 1876.
Bradley, Isaac S. A Bibliography of Wisconsin's Participation in the War Between the States: Based Upon Material Contained in the Wisconsin Historical Library. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1911.
Brobst, John F. Well, Mary: Civil War Letters of a Wisconsin Soldier. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1960.
Cheek, Philip. History of the Sauk County Riflemen, known as Company A, Sixth Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1909.
Chamberlin, Joseph E. Nomads and Listeners of Joseph Edgar Chamberlin. Edited by Samuel M. Waxman. Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1937.
Chapman, Chandler P. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Vol. 1-2. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Co., 1886.
Chapman, Chandler P. Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Co., 1914.
Clark, James I. The Civil War of Private Cooke: A Wisconsin Boy in the Union Army. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1955.
Damon, Herbert C. History of the Milwaukee Light Guard. Milwaukee, WI: Printed by the Sentinel Company, 1875.
Duffield, Henry M. Deeds of Valor: How America's Heroes Won the Medal of Honor. Detroit, MI: The Perrien-Keydel Company, 1905.
Easum, Chester V. The Americanization of Carl Schurz. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, c.1929.
Estabrook, Charles E., ed. Records and Sketches of Military Organizations, Population, Legislation, Election and other Statistics Relating to Wisconsin in the Period of the Civil War. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1914.
Eden, Robert C. The Sword and Gun: A History of the 37th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry from its First Organization to its Final Muster Out. Madison, WI: Atwood & Rublee, 1865.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Businesses, Business Firms, etc. in the City of Milwaukee for 1866. St. Louis: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers, 1866.
Fitch, Michael H. Echoes of the Civil War as I Hear Them. New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1905.
Fitch, Michael H. The Chattanooga Campaign: With Especial Reference to Wisconsin's Participation Therein. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1911.
Flower, Frank A. Old Abe, the Eighth Wisconsin War Eagle: A Full Account of his Capture and Enlistment, Exploits in War and Honorable as Well as Useful Career in Peace. Madison, WI: Curran and Bowen, 1885.
Freeman, Samuel. The Emigrant's Handbook and Guide to Wisconsin. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1968.
Galvin, Elizabeth A. A Guide to the Civil War Research Collection at the Waukesha County Historical Museum. Waukesha, WI: Waukesha County Historical Museum, 1977.
Haight, Theron W. Three Wisconsin Cushings: A Sketch of the Lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, Children of a Pioneer Family of Waukesha County. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1910.
Heg, Hans C. The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg. Northfield, MN: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1936.
Hinkley, Julian W. A Narrative of Service With the Third Wisconsin Infantry. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1912.
Holmes, Mead. A Soldier of the Cumberland: Memoir of Mead Holmes Jr., Sergeant of Company K, 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Boston: American Tract Society, 1864.
Jones, Jenkin L. An Artilleryman's Diary. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1914.
Kellogg, John A. Capture and Escape: A Narrative of Army and Prison Life. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1908.
Klement, Frank L. Wisconsin and the Civil War: The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865 . Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1997.
Magdeburg, F. H. Wisconsin at Shiloh. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Shiloh Monument Commission, 1909.
Mattern, Carolyn J. Soldiers When They Go: The Story of Camp Randall, 1861-1865. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1981.
Merk, Frederick. Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade. Madison, WI: The Society, 1916.
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Wisconsin, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Vol. 1-3. Milwaukee, WI: Burdick, Armitage & Allen, 1891-1903.
Oehlerts, Donald E. Guide to Wisconsin Newspapers, 1833-1957. Madison, WI: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1958.
Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County. Early Milwaukee: Papers from the Archives of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County. Milwaukee, WI: The Club, 1916.
Quiner, Edwin B. The Military History of Wisconsin: A Record of the Civil and Military Patriotism of the State in the War for the Union. Chicago: Clarke and Company, 1866.
Rood, Hosea Whitford. Wisconsin at Vicksburg: Report of the Wisconsin-Vicksburg Monument Commission, Including the Story of the Campaign and Siege of Vicksburg in 1865 with Especial Reference to the Activities Therein of Wisconsin Troops. Madison, WI: Wisconsin-Vicksburg Monument Commission, 1914.
Schafer, Joseph, ed. Intimate Letters of [Senator] Carl Schurz: 1841-1869. Madison, WI: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1928.
Schurz, Carl. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz. Vol. 1-3. New York: The McClure Company, 1908.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography. Madison, 1960.
The Civil War, From the Milwaukee Sentinel Index. Milwaukee, 1962.
Thwaites, Ruben Gold, Asa Currier Tilton, and Frederick Merk, eds. Civil War Messages and Proclamations of Wisconsin War Governors. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1912.
Trask, Kerry A. Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1995.
Vilas, William F. A View of the Vicksburg Campaign. Madison, WI: Wisconsin History Commission, 1908.
Wisconsin Adjutant-General's Office. Annual Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Adjutant-General's
Office, 1853-1882.
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