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Bibliographies: Primary Sources

Blackburn, James K. P., "Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers", Southwest Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, 1918-1919. pgs. 38-77, 143-179. Available in Online Archives.

Blackburn, James K. P. Terry's Texas Rangers, Reminiscences of J. K. P. Blackburn. Texas: University of Texas, 1919. Reprint of Blackburn's SHQ Article.

Blackburn, James K. P., Terry's Texas Rangers, Reminiscences of J. K. P. Blackburn. Ranger Press, 1979. Reprint of Blackburn's SHQ Article.

Claiborne, John M., Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Reunion in Galveston, February 20, 1882.

Cutrer, Thomas W., ed., Terry Texas Ranger Trilogy, State House Press, Austin, 1996, (Giles', Blackburn's, and Dodd's books reprinted in one volume).

Cutrer, Thomas W., ed."We are Stern and Resolved: The Civil War Letters of John Wesley Rabb", ed. by , The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 1987, pp. 185-226.

Dodd, Ephriam S., Diary of Ephriam Shelby Dodd, Member of Company D, Terry's Texas Rangers, December 4, 1862 - Jan 1, 1864, Steck Co., Austin, 1914. Available in Online Archives.

Dodd, Ephriam S, Diary of Ephriam Shelby Dodd, Member of Company D, Terry's Texas Rangers, December 4, 1862 - Jan 1, 1864, Ranger Press, 1979 (reprint of 1914 book).

Dunman, R. L., "One of Terry's Texas Rangers", Confederate Veteran, Vol. 31, no. 3, March 1923. Available in Online Archives.

Fletcher, William A., Rebel Private Front and Rear, Greet Print, Beaumont, 1908.

Fletcher, William A, Rebel Private Front and Rear, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1954, (reprint).

Fletcher, William A, Rebel Private Front and Rear, Penguin Books, 1995, (reprint).

Getzen, Rufus & Troy Groves, eds. "The Diary of G. L. Macmurphy, Terry's Texas Ranger". The Terry's Texas Rangers Online Archive, 2001. Available in Online Archives.

Giles, Leonidas B., Terry's Texas Rangers, Von Boeckman - Jones Co., Austin, 1911. Available in Online Archives.

Goldman, Pauline S., ed., Letters from three Members of Terry's Texas Rangers, 1861-1865., Unpublished MA Thesis, University of Texas, 1930.

Gott, Samuel S., "S.S. Gott, Experience Of An Old Pioneer," The Weekly Tribune, Lott, TX, April 3, 1914. Available in Online Archives.

Graber, H. W., The Life Record of H. W. Graber, A Terry Texas Ranger, 1861-1865, Privately Published, Dallas, 1916.

Graber, H. W., A Terry Texas Ranger, State House Press, Austin, 1987, (reprint of Graber's 1916 book).

Harcourt, A. P., "Terry's Rangers", Southern Bivouac, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Nov. 1882), p89-97. Available in Online Archives.

Heard, Jessie Burke, ed. Terry Ranger Writes Home: Letters of Pvt. Benjamin F. Burke Written While in Terry's Texas Rangers 1861-1864. No Place, No Publisher, 1965. (Available in the University of Houston Library.)

Jones, Margaret Belle, ed. Bastrop; a compilation of material relating to the history of the town of Bastrop, with letters written by Terry Rangers. Bastrop: NP. 1936. Available from UT Austin.

Logan, Alonzo T. Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers from the 29th Annual Reunion, June 2, 1898.

Rugley, Helen J. H., ed., Batchelor-Turner Letters, 1861-1864: Written by Two of Terry's Texas Rangers, Steck Co., Austin, 1961.

Scott, Paul R. ed., "Claiborne's History of Terry's Texas Rangers", The Terry's Texas Rangers Online Archive, 1996. Available in Online Archives.

W.F.L., ed. "The Terry Brothers", Dallas Morning News, September 30, 1901, pp. 6. Available in Online Archives.

Williams, Robert W., Jr. & Ralph A. Wooster, eds. "Camp Life in Civil War Louisiana: The Letters of Private Isaac Dunbar Affleck." Louisiana History, V (Spring 1964), 182-201.

Williams, Robert W. & Ralph A. Wooster. eds., "With Terry's Texas Rangers: The Letters of Isaac Dunbar Affleck", Civil War History, Vol 9, September 1963, pp. 299-319.

Williams, Robert W. & Ralph A. Wooster. eds., "With the Confederate Cavalry in East Texas: The Civil War Letters of Pvt. Isaac Dunbar Affleck", East Texas Historical Journal, Vol. 1, 1963, pp. 17-28.

Williams, Robert W. & Ralph A. Wooster. eds., "With Wharton's Cavalry in Arkansas: The Civil War Letters of Isaac Dunbar Affleck", Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol 21, September 1962, pp. 247-268.

—, War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 volumes), Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1880-1901. (Several excerpts are available online.)