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The members of Company C would like to reccomend the following books and periodicals from which they have gathered their extensive knowledge about the American Civil War and, in particular, the Berdan Sharpshooters.

----------. Adjutant General's Report. "History of the Sixty-Sixth [Illinois] Infantry. ----------. Pages 428-431.
Amann, William Frayne. Personnel of the Civil War Volume 1 and 2. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961.
Barker, Lorenzo A. With the Western Sharpshooters-Michigan Boys of Co. D., 66th Illinois. Blue Acorn Press, 1994.
Baurmann, Ken. Arming the Suckers, 1861-1865. Morningside, 1989. Pages 152-155 and pictures.

Benson, Berry. Berry Benson's Civil War Book. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1962.

Boatner III, Mark Mayo. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1952.
Bruce, Robert V. Lincoln and the Tools of War. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. Pages 108-116, 155-156, 206, 261, 284-288, 297.
Buell, Don Carlos, M.G. USV. Shiloh Reviewed. Battles and Leaders of theCivil War, Volume 1. Secaucas NJ: Castle.
----------. C. Sharps {Old Reliable} Arms. Advertisement.
Catton, Bruce. The Army of the Potomac. Glory Road. Garden City: Doubleday and Company Inc. Pages 178-179,
188-189, 216-218, 286-289.
----------. Chapter 19 "Sharpshooters" Civil War Guns. . ----------. Pages 210-227.
Cromie, Alice Hamilton. A tour Guide to the Civil War. Chicago Quadrangle, 1965.
Dicky, PM et.al. Data and Comment, American Rifleman. September 1979. Pages 60-61.
Dockery, Kevin. Stalkers and Shooters, A History of Snipers. New York: Berkeley Publishing Company, 2006. Chapter 11, 1861 - 1865, The Civil War, pages 101-115.
Eddy, T.M. D.D.. The Patriotism of Illinois. Volume II Chicago: Clarke and Co, 1866 pages 65-9.
Faust, Patricia L. ed. Historical Times Illustrated, Encyclopedia of the Civil War. Belleville: Historic Pub, 1993.
----------. Gettysburg the Second Day.
Hastings, William H. Letters from a Sharp-shooter: The Civil War Letters of Private William B. Green, Co. G 2nd USSS Army of the Potomac. Belleville: Historic Pub, 1993.
Johnston, Joseph E. General USA. Manassas to Seven Pines. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume II. Secaucas, NJ: Castle ?
Knor, Russell L. Civil War Index. River Grove, 1965-1967
Longstreet, James Gen. CSA. Lee's Right Wing at Gettysburg. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume III. Secaucas, NJ: Castle.
Longstreet, James. General. From Manassas to Appomattox. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1960. Pages 84-85, 124, 418.
Lavass, Jay and Harold W. Nelson. The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Antietam. New York: Harper Collins Pub, 1987.Pg 140.
Marcot, Roy. Hiram Berdan, Chief of the Sharpshooters and Firearms Inventor. Irvine, Northwood Heritage Press, 1989. Chapters 2-6, 14.
Marcot, Roy. U.S. Sharpshooters, Berdan's Civil War Elite. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2007.
Meade, George, General. The Meade-sickles Controversy-A letter from Meade. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume III. Secaucas, NJ Castle ?
Meier, Hans K. Memoirs of a Swiss Officer in theCivil War.
----------. Michigan Volunteers, 1861-1865, Western Sharpshooters, First and Second U.S.S.S.
Moore, Frank. Anecdotes, Poetry and Incidents of the War: North and South 1860-1865. New York: Printed for Subscribers 1866. Pages 222-223, 339-240.
Moore, Frank. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events with Documents, Narratives, Illustrations, Incidents and Poetry Etc. Volume I. New York: G.P. Putman, 1861. Pes 64-5.
Moore, Frank. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events with Documents, Narratives, Illustrations, Incidents and Poetry Etc. Volume III. New York: G.P. Putman, 1862. Page 16
McAulay, John D. Civil War Breech Loading Rifles. A survey of the Innovative Infantry Arms of the American Civil War. Andrew Mowbray, Inc Lincoln: RI. Pages 73-85.
Mulligan, James A. Col. The Siege of Lexington, MO. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume I. Secaucas, NJ: Castle, ?
Murdock, Eugene C. The Civil War in the North: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1987.
----------. Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army, for the years 1861-65, Part VI Indiana-Illinois. Published by the Order of the Secretary of War, on compliance with the Joint Resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives approved March 2, 1865. Washington, August 31, 1865. Pages 324-325, 328-329.
Pegler, Martin. Out of Nowhere, A History of the Military Sniper. Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2006. Chapter 3, The American Civil and European Wars, 1985-1914, Pages 52 - 77,
Porter, Fitz John M.G. USV. The Battle of Malvern Hill. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume II. Secaucas, NJ Castle, ?
Pullen, John J. "Effects of marksmanship. A lesson from Gettysburg". Gettysburg: Historical Articles of Lasting Interest, Issue Number 2, January 1, 1990. Pages 55-59.
----------. Shiloh Rifle Mfg. Co. Dixie Gun Works, Inc. Page 32.
Roberston, JNO. Adjutant General. Michigan in the War. Lancing, 1884. Pages 742-744.
Sellers, Frank M. Sharps Firearms. North Hollywood, 1988. Pages 65-74, 81-88.
Spangernberger, Phil. Garret Arms' 1874 Military Sharpes .45-70. Guns & Ammo. 1985 Pg 71, 93.
Spangernberger, Phil. Shiloh's Sharpshooting Sharps. Guns and Ammo. November 1977. Pages 44-46, 96, 98, 100.
Stevens, C.A. Berdan's USSS in the Army of the Potomac. Dayton, Morningside Press, (Various Dates of Publishing).
Sword, Wiley. Sharpshooters: Hiram Berdan his famous Sharpshooters and their Sharps Rifles. Lincoln: Andrew Mowbray, Inc. 1988.
----------. United States War College Guide to Battle of Gettysburg.
United States Military Academy. Official Recordsof the American Civil War; A Researchers Guide. West Point: United States Military Academy, 1972.
Venturino, Mike. Shiloh's "Quigley" Model. Guns and Ammo. February 1983. Pages 77-79.
----------. Vermont in the Civil War. Chapter XXX. The Sharpshooters. Pages 731-7??.
Waite, Otis F. R. Major. New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion. Claremont, 1870. Pages 567-574.
Wakelyn, Jon. L. Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977.
Wallace, Lew M. G. USV. The Capture of Fort Donelson. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume I. Secaucas. NJ. Castle, ?
----------. War for the Rebellion. A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Four Series totaling 143 books. Washington: Government Printing Office. Series Printed/Rebound 1882-1904.
Webb, Alexander S LL. D. The Peninsula. McClellan's Campaign of 1862. New York, Charles Scribners' Sons, 1881. Pages 44-49.
White, Russell C. (Ed) The Civil War Diary of Wyman s. White First Sgt Co F. 2nd U.S.S.S.. Butternut and Blue, 1993.
----------.-(sections called Sharps, Spencer, Henry, Colt [Revoling Rifle], Sniper Rifle. Pages 34-39.

This list was researched by the members of Company C, past and present, and compiled by Antina Richards-Pennock (c) 1998-current. This list is NOT the only resource materials available but is only meant to provide somewhere to start.