1. A few weeks back I posted finding online Benjamin J. Lossing's 1850 "THE PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION" and 1869 "THE PICTORIAL FIELD BOOK OF THE WAR OF 1812 " (the latter "in progress") at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/lossing.htm 2. A major difficulty with the original version of this huge work is that of finding something in particular. It has a voluminous table of contents, but no index. I have been kibitzing with the website owner to add a means of searching the online version. We have a workable (albeit not perfect) one at http://jrshelby.com/lossingsearch.htm which I would suggest as an entry point to the main site. 3. I tried 3 different freebie online search engines before selecting this one. The site map feature is provided by a different service, and while you can search from there, I don't recommend doing so. 4. You will be told on the search link (2, above) that a search will take you to the beginning of the chapter(s) (webpages) containing the desired material. When you arrive at a chapter, you can find the material at its location in the chapter by using your browser's built-in search function (Control-F or Edit/Find), then find additional locations of the same text by using your browser's "Find next" feature. 5. I have added a few instructions on the search page (2, above) but plan to add an expanded "search tips" section. If you have comments in regard to the search functions, please address them to jr@jrshelby.com (and not to the list). 6. The guy who did the huge amount of work to put this site online is Bill Carr, wcarr1@nycap.rr.com (not a listmember). If you've never done this kind of thing, your mind would be boggled at the manhours required. 7. I hope that you find this site to be as enjoyable as I have. It is like travelling back in time over 150 years and seeing many of these sites as they looked then, and hearing their history as known by those at the sites living only 70 years or so after they occurred. It may not be time travel, but for a history buff, it comes close!