“ There are questions as to the exact date of publication of Ball’s work, considering some of its contents and references to other activities, military operations, and sources that can be dated. It is quite possible the first volume was reprinted in 1858 and the second volume printed initially in 1859. ”

“ Significant and seminal Indian Mutiny books were also published in 1857 [...] . These included Charles Ball's monumental two-volume The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India; and a Concise History of the great military events which have tended to consolidate British Empire in Hindostan, [1] which was a detailed account of the Indian Mutiny with numerous eyewitness accounts; ... ”