Engineer Operations Summary

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This series of posts is intended to provide only a summary of engineer operations during the Civil War. A complete recapitualtion of these activitieswould take several volumes. This product is the result of five years of research and is continually being updated as new information becomes available. I present here by request and with the approval of the moderator. A bibliography of resources used is given here to add credence to the work.


Bibliography

Books
The War of Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
An Illustrated History of the Missouri Engineer and 25th Infantry Regiments, Dr. W. A. Neal
The Engineer Battalion in the Civil War, Gilbert Thompson
First Regiment Engineer Troops – Robert E. Lee’s Engineers, Harry L. Jackson
Building the Victory, Phillip Katcher
My Brave Mechanics – The First Michigan Engineers and their Civil War, Mark Hoffman
History of the Services of the First Regiment Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, during the Civil War 1861-1865, Charles R. Sligh
Diary of a Yankee Engineer – The Civil War Story of John H. Westervelt, Engineer, 1st New York Volunteer Engineer Corps, Edited by Anita Palladino
Bridge Building in Wartime – Colonel Wesley Brainerd’s Memoir of the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers, Edited by Ed Malles
"My Dear Friends at Home…" – The letters and diary of Thomas J. Owens, 50th New York Engineers during the Civil War, edited by Dale E. Floyd
Days Of Glory – The Army of the Cumberland 1861-1865, Larry J. Daniel
Sword of Lincoln – The Army of the Potomac, Jeffery Wert
Nothing but Victory – The Army of Tennessee 1861-1865, Steven Woodworth
Chancellorsville, Stephen W. Sears
To the Gates of Richmond - The Peninsular Campaign, Stephen W. Sears
The Battle of the Wilderness - May 5-6, 1864, Gordon C. Rhea
To the North Anna River - Grant and Lee May 13-25, 1864, Gordon C. Rhea
The Fredericksburg Campaign -Winter War on the Rappahannock, Francis Augustin O'Reilly


Military Studies
Engineer Battlefield Functions at Chancellorsville, Major James R. Weber
Engineer Operations during the Vicksburg Campaign, Major Robert M. Puckett
Study in Operational Level Command, Dr. Curtis S. King, Dr. William G. Robertson, and LTC Steven E. Clay

Military ManualsManual for Engineer Troops, Captain J. C. Duane, 1864


Staff Ride Handbooks
A Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Chickamauga, 18-20 September1863, Dr. William G. Robertson, LTC Edward P. Shanahan, LTC John I. Boxberger, and Major George E. Knapp.
Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862, Dr. Robert S. Cameron
Staff Ride Handbook for the Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862 – July 1863, Dr. Christopher R. Gabel

Articles
The Pioneer Brigade, Geoff Blankenmeyer
Engineering and Command: The Case of General William S. Rosencrans 1862-1863, Philip Shiman
First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Rick Reuss, Keith Rocco, and Rob Girardi

Personal Papers
William Franklin Patterson Papers, Library of Congress

Internet Resources
www.usace.army.mil/history
www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic
www.topogs.org
Hundreds of other sites were used to verify details