. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ing nine pris-oners, one an officer, in our hands. The growth of small timber was sodense we could see but a few rods in anydirection. I then received orders from Colo-nel Harker by an aide to assume command(if the Sixty-fourth Ohio, and with it and myown regiment, to disperse any enemy wemight find. We were then on the right ^MS ~iM~ I ,vr,| the road upon which we came out from Crordons Mills. Firing on us soon com-menced from oui front, right and rear. I immedia
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ing nine pris-oners, one an officer, in our hands. The growth of small timber was sodense we could see but a few rods in anydirection. I then received orders from Colo-nel Harker by an aide to assume command(if the Sixty-fourth Ohio, and with it and myown regiment, to disperse any enemy wemight find. We were then on the right ^MS ~iM~ I ,vr,| the road upon which we came out from Crordons Mills. Firing on us soon com-menced from oui front, right and rear. I immediately ordered scoutsand skirmishers out to develop our surroundings. Their deployment hadonly commenced when 1 received orders by an aide from the Colonel com-manding to bring the two regiments out and join liini, wliich was donewithout serious intcn-ui)tion. We were then jciined to tiie liahince of thedivision, and in line hiy upon oui- arnis, without ffres, until 2 a. m. of the20tli. We tlien moved about one and one-half miles and at an early hourwere phuiil in position for the impending battle. Colonel Barnes brigade. Clin K. IMAUGA — OJnVCKI/S r. ^3 of Van (l(Vis division was (Hi our Itll, the Sixty-fourtli ()liii) in front, an<lthe Sixty-lifth Ohio on onr ri<;lit. This and my own rcgiiiunt foinn-d thesecond Hne, anf tlie Hist line. I then directedMajor Brown, commanding the Sixty-fifth, to maintain lii< relative positionto the One Imndred and TweiitN-lilth, and to the Ihiid Kentucky, whichwas in his front, as far as possible. .\ sharp skirmish ami artillery lirinjrocoun-ed to our front, when wiwere marche<l on tiie donhle-quick hy theleft tiank to reinforce Keynolils, wliere a heavy roar of arms had heeii hearda short time. We had only come under the outskirts of the enemys firein our new jtosition, when we were vig(jrously attacked on our rijrht Hankand rear hy superior ninnbers. A chan<re of front to our rear on our left,which was executed under a
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