81st Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Bibliography

Source:  U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
(formerly the U. S. Army Military History Institute)

U.S. Army Military History Institute
Collections Division
950 Soldiers Drive
Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021
16 May 08

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993. Vol. 4, pp. 1167-1201 (18 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v4. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).

Bonsall, Spencer. Well Satisfied With My Position: The Civil War Journal Of Spencer Bonsall. [Edited by Michael A. Flannery & Katherine H. Oomens] Carbondale: Southern IL U, 2007. 140 p. E621.B66. Hospital Steward.

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. E491D992.. See pp. 1600-01 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battlefield Comm. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth.... Vol. 1. Hbg, PA: Wm S Ray, 1914. pp. 439-51 (8 photocopied pages). E475.53P422v1. (Addresses delivered at the dedication of the regimental monument and a photo of that monument at the Gettysburg National Military Park).

Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 1. Hbg, PA: Capitol Preservation Comm, 1987. pp. 220-22 (3 photocopied pages). E527.4S38.1987v1. (Brief unit history with emphasis on the regimental flags).

Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Phila: By the City, 1913. pp. 102-04 (2 photocopied pages). E527.97P54T39. (Brief history of the unit).

Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Foster, Charles E. - WineyColl (Officer's letter, Apr 29, l862)

Johnson, Charles F. - Papers (Officer's daily letters, Sep l86l-Dec l864)

Standing Stone Guards - CWMiscColl (Microfilm excerpts of newspapers, l86l-l862)

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