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Accounts at the Regimental level

The following accounts are written about the regiment or a regiment that fought in the same Brigade as the Bucktails.  Since these regiments moved with, and fought beside the Bucktails information about these regiments often times reflect what was happening with the Bucktails.  In many instances the Bucktails are specifically mentioned in the work

Abbott, John S.C., The history of the Civil War in America; comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military engagements, of the heroic deeds performed by armies and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the hospital, and the cabin. New York, H.Bill, 1864-66, pg. 407. Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 42nd regiment, 13th Reserves, 1861-65, Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869
   
Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 30th regiment, 1st Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 545 Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 31st regiment, 2nd Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 575
   
Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 32nd regiment, 3rd Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 609 Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 33rd regiment, 4th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 636
Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 34th regiment, 5th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 665 Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 35th regiment, 6th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 692
   
Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 36th regiment, 7th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 720 Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 37th regiment, 8th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 756
   
Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 38th regiment, 9th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 784 Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 39th regiment, 10th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 813
   
Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 40th regiment, 11th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 845 Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 41st regiment, 12th Reserves, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 876
   
Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 43rd regiment, 1st Artillery, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 944 Bates, Samuel P.,History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 44th regiment, 1st Cavalry, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, PA, B.Singerly, State Printer, pg 1014
   
Berger, Diana S.  "In the Name of Pennsylvania, Charge!: The Bucktails Hold Little Round Top on the Afternoon of the Second Day." Civil War XVII Bixley, Lawrence G. "Bucktails Forward" Military Images Magazine, Vol. II, Number 1, pgs 16-21 ( Some photos missing)
   
Coates, Earl J. & McAulay, John D., Civil War Sharps Rifles & Carbines, Gettysburg, PA:Thomas Publications, 1996, pg 20, pgs 91-92. Coddington, Edwin B., The Gettysburg Campaign, A Study in Command, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979 pgs 257-258.
   
Company of Military Historians. Military Uniforms in America. Vol. 3 Long Endure the Civil War Period, 1852-1867.  Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1982 Deming, A.J. "Bucktails at Gettysburg," National Tribune, February 4, 1886
   
Dorn, Michelle, "The Bucktails at Gettysburg"   The Gettysburg Experience, June 2000 Dyer, Frederick. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2 Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979
   
Eberhart, Gilbert R. "Something Further About the Bucktails," National Tribune, May 1, 1884 Egle, William Henry, An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, De W.C. Goodrich & co., 1876, pgs, 534, 611, 930.
   
Glover, Edwin A., Bucktailed Wildcats, New York:Thomas Yoseloff, 1950 Hoffsommer, Robert D. "The Bucktails." Civil War Times Illustrated 4 (January 1966)
   
Imhof, John D. "Two Roads to Gettysburg: Thomas Leiper Kane and the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves."  Gettysburg Magazine 9 (Jul 1993): pp.53-60 Johnson, Wallace W. "About the Bucktails. The Famous Regiment of Pennsylvania Riflemen. The Hardy Woodsmen...Up the Shenandoah...."  National Tribune, January 7, 1886
   
Lloyd, William Penn, History of the First regiment Pennsylvania reserve cavalry, from its organization, August 1861, to September, 1864, with list of names of all officers and enlisted men who have ever belonged to the regiment. Philadelphia, King & Baird, printers, 1864, pgs 20, 32, 125. Martin, James M. "History of the 57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry", Meadville, PA, McCoy & Calvin Printers, pgs 9-11, 61-68.
   
Miller, William J. "Bucktail Summer." Civil War 63 (Aug 1997) Miller, William J. "Dear Mother, Since I Last Wrote to You We Have Made the Fur Fly....Letters Home From the Bucktails ."  Civil War Regiments Vol. 1, Number 3
   
Miller, William J. "Life on the Skirmish Line: Through the War With the Pennsylvania Bucktails."  Civil War Regiments Vol. 1, Number 3 Miller, William J.  "No One Doubted Colonel Taylor's Capabilities--or His Courage under Fire." America's Civil War 2 (July 1989)
   
Miller, William J. "The Bloody Road to Spotsylvania: Pennsylvania Bucktails, Part Two."  Civil War Regiments 1/3 Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battlefield Commission. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth..  Vol II. Harrisburg, PA: William S. Ray, 1914, pgs 904-916, 1010, 1071-1072, 2nd Part, 41-44.
   
"Perry's Carthage and Tunis", The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 23, Issue 137, Atlantic Monthly Co., Boston, March 1869, pp387-388 Reinsberg, Mark " A Bucktail Voice: Civil War Correspondence of Cordello Collins." Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 48 (1965)
   
Reinsberg, Mark "Descent of the Raftsman's Guard, A Roll Call." Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Vol. 53, Number 1 (January 1970) Sanders, Justin, "Dr. Nathaniel Frederick Marsh: A Honesdale Man's Page in History.", Wayne Independent, March 29,30, 2002.
   
Sauers, Richard A. "Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battleflags." Harrisburg, PA: Capitol Preservation Committee, 1987. Seminar Students of Susquenita High School, The Pride of the Bucktails, Duncannon, PA, 1995
   
"The Bucktails. The Famous Rifle Regiment of Pennsylvania.  The History of One of the Best-Known Regiments in the Army of the Potomac.", Grand Army Scout and Soldiers Mail, January 6, 1883. "The Bucktails. The Famous Rifle Regiment of Pennsylvania.  The History of One of the Best-Known Regiments in the Army of the Potomac.", Grand Army Scout and Soldiers Mail, January 20, 1883.
   
    
           
The new American cyclopedia: a popular dictionary of general knowledge. Ed. by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1859-1863, pg 72, 761. Townsend, George Alfred, Rustics in Rebellion; A Yankee Reporter on the Road to Richmond, 1861-1865. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press (1950) 15-16.
   

Whitner, A.C., An Odd Miss take, The Old Guard, Volume 5, Issue 2, C. Chaucy Burr and Co., New York, Feb 1867, pp105-119.

  

Newspaper Articles at Regimental, Brigade, Division, Corps Level

Unknown. "Letter From Camp Curtin May 3, 1861", Philadelphia Inquirer. May 4, 1861 - Pg. 1 - Col. 6

Unknown. "Anxious For His Release" Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1861 Page 1 Col.2