Excerpt from History of the Eighty-Third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry: For Three Years With Sherman In offering a history of the 83d Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry to the public, I do not feel that I am called upon for an apology. That I should "get up" such a history, was suggested to me by a Sergeant of Company G, while on picket with him, and all, both officers and men, said "write it." So, of course, I could not reasonably either refuse or neglect to make the best effort in my power, under the circumstances in which I was placed. It has been accomplished in the shelter-tent, or in the open air, surrounded by my noisy comrades, and it has cost me some pains-taking to procure correct data, and to arrange it; and I feel assured that my difficulties in this respect will be appreciated. If any mistake should appear, I hope it will be attributed to these difficulties I have labored under in "the work." Some things may not appear so plain as might be desired, but I have endeavored to make as plain and as full a history as possibly could be got into so small a compass. It has been urged by a few that deserters should be exposed to the public, but the majority are of a different opinion. Indeed, there are but very few of those who deserted from our Regiment that did not repentantly return, and were restored to duty and favor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.