. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ss coNeriiiii th(^jiontoon hridi^es laid on the ir)th, and to cross there and ad-vance towards Adairsville. Sweeneys division advancedwitliout waiting for the rest ot theconimand and enconntered a purt ofHardees Corps near Rome CrossIvoads, three or four miles west ofCalhoun, w here a hot contest ensued,in which Sweeneys troops, tliouulihard pressed, held tiieir iiround un-til reinforced. ]i\ tiiglit all of command was in positionat that point. Tiie
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ss coNeriiiii th(^jiontoon hridi^es laid on the ir)th, and to cross there and ad-vance towards Adairsville. Sweeneys division advancedwitliout waiting for the rest ot theconimand and enconntered a purt ofHardees Corps near Rome CrossIvoads, three or four miles west ofCalhoun, w here a hot contest ensued,in which Sweeneys troops, tliouulihard pressed, held tiieir iiround un-til reinforced. ]i\ tiiglit all of command was in positionat that point. Tiie Fourth Corps, followed l)y ^ |-tikua,ths<;4,.two divisi(Mis of the Fourteenth, crossid at Ixesaca andaported by the ;»rd Kentucky ami G4thOhio, encountered the enemys »-avalry rear guard within a. 244 OPDYCKE TIGERS. milt. tVmn tlio river aiul drove tlieiii steadily, sustaining Imtslight losses. The day was bright and warm, roads dusty, and verylittle water found on the line of march. The country wasri^lling, heavih timbered with occasional clearings. A suc-cession of low ridges gave the enemy favorable ground forsuccessive stands, and their resistance made the march slow ■.m-J namsey v^ -^ i CDciitis i I E K i/0( R^- -[.as f»^ cfCoosav iji.! ROME
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