Excerpt from History of the Thirty-Third Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Four Years of Civil War, From Sept: 16, 1861, to July 21, 1965
When the publication of this volume was first suggested, the author well knew that it would be an impossibility to write a complete history of the Thirty-third Indiana.
When the war closed, all the original records of the regiment were passed directly into the archives of the War Department at Washington, D. C., and as near as can be ascertained duplicate copies of them were not retained by any of the officers. These papers were further made more difficult of access in 1891, by order of the then Secretary of War Elkins, prohibiting reference to them by any one in search of data for regimental histories.
However, in this respect it has not been an entire failure, as the published "Records of the Rebellion" contain much data - but not all, by any means - of prime importance.
Only those who have undertaken the task of writing a history of a regiment that had seen active service from the beginning to the end of the Civil War, can fully understand the difficulties that exist under the conditions noted.
Harassed on every hand by obstacles of varying degrees; often checkmated at the very moment some important data were about to be grasped; and failure to receive the hearty co-operation of many who were equally interested, are incidents in the collection of material for this regimental history that have at times well-nigh jeopardized the completion of the work and worn out the patience of the writer.
As a literary effort, the volume does not rank with the productions of a Bancroft, or a Macaulay, and there have been no aspirations to that distinction. It may not even reach the dignity of its title, "History," but that is immaterial. Distinction and title are matters of no real concern.
The principal object has been to group together the facts relating to the part taken by the regiment in the Civil War, in as concise a form as possible, so that they could be reached by those who desired to consult them, without making an interminable search through scattered records.
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