Research on/from the 8th Illinois Cavalry:

• History of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers (Abner Hard, 1869) - Archive.org (public)

• A Sketch of Cavalry Life in the 8th Illinois (Mark Hess - accessible to Regiment members on Regiment email)

• A Family and Nation Under Fire: The Civil War Letters of William Medill (Georgiann Baldino) - Amazon.com

Information on Cavalry Reenactor Impressions:

• The Authentic Federal Cavalry Impression (from The Authentic Campaigner, by Zack Ziarnek)