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Bibliography
Source: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
(formerly the U. S. Army Military History Institute)
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Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993. Vol. 6, pp. 1059-1142 (43 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v10. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. Ref. See p. 1570 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the battery’s service.
Humphreys, Henry H. Andrew A. Humphreys: A Biography. Phila: J.C. Winston, 1924. 335 p. E467.lH885H8.
____________. “Reply to General Porter’s Articles Which Have Appeared in the Century Magazine During the Years l896 and l897.” Jrnl Mil Service Inst US 23 (Jul 1898): pp. 1-34 (18 photocopied pages). Per.
Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 2. Hbg, PA: Capitol Preservation Comm, 1991. pp. 372-74 (3 photocopied pages). E527.4S38.1991v2. (Brief histories of the Independent Batteries and information on their flags).
Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Phila: By the City, 1913. pp. 150-51 (1 photocopied page). E527.97P54T39. (Brief history of the unit).
Ward, George W. History of the Second Pennsylvania Veteran Heavy Artillery, (112th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) From l86l- l866. Phila: George W. Ward, l904. 311 p. E527.7.2d.W37.
Wells, Stephen W. “Forts Harrison and Gilmer.” Natl Trib Scrapbook III: p. 32 (l photocopied page). E655N27no3.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute’s Manuscript Archive:
Campbell, Jacob – LeighColl Bk 34: 20 (Enlisted man’s note, Apr l8, l865; notice of Lincoln’s assassination, Apr l5, l865)
Coar, Amos – ThomasStoneColl (Enlisted man’s letter, Sep 23, l864)
Grugan, Florance W. – CWMiscColl (Enlisted man’s letters, Mar 3l-Nov 26, l864)
Guest, William A. – CWMiscColl (Enlisted man’s letters, Sep 30, l862-Dec 3, l865)
Matter, William H. – HCWRTColl (Enlisted man’s service record, Aug l0, l862-Jan 29, l866)
Stahl, William H. – CWMiscColl (Enlisted man’s memoir, l86l-l865)
Tanfield, John O. – Tanfield Family Papers (Enlisted men’s letters, Mar l0-Jun 4, l864)
Wint, Louis H. – OelligColl (Enlisted man’s letter, May l4, l862)
Ward, George Washington. History of the Second Pennsylvania Veteran Heavy Artillery (112th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers) 1861 to 1866, Philadelphia : G.W. Ward, 1903.
Williams, Robert A. “The North’s Largest Regiment: The 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery” In Military Images, Southeastern: Jan/Feb 2004, Vol. 25, Issue 4, 9g. 19