. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . m them. The part of theTwenty-third Corps stationed inthe works for a distance of aboutthree (hundred) or four (hundred)yards to the right of tlie Columbial>ike, and which space took in the1st Kentucky and 6th Ohio Batter-ies, broke and ran to the rear witlithe fugitives from Conrads brig-ade. To add to the disorder the caissons of the two batteries galloped rapidly to the rear, and the enemyappeared on the breastworks and in possession of the two batteries, whichthey
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . m them. The part of theTwenty-third Corps stationed inthe works for a distance of aboutthree (hundred) or four (hundred)yards to the right of tlie Columbial>ike, and which space took in the1st Kentucky and 6th Ohio Batter-ies, broke and ran to the rear witlithe fugitives from Conrads brig-ade. To add to the disorder the caissons of the two batteries galloped rapidly to the rear, and the enemyappeared on the breastworks and in possession of the two batteries, whichthey commenced to turn upon us. It was at this moment I arrived at the scene of disoi-der, coming fromthe town on the Columbia pike; the moment was critical beyond any Ihave known in any battle—could the enemy hold that part of the line, hewas nearer to our two bridges than the extremities of our line. ColonelOpydckes brigade was lying down about one hundred yards in rear of theworks. I rode tpiirkly to the left regiment and calUd to them to charge;at the same time I saw Colonel Opdycke near the center of his line urging. .luiiN H. , A (189.)). OPDYCKE TIGERS, his men forward. I gave the Colonel no order, as I saw him engaged in doingthe very thing to save us, viz to get possession of our line again. The retreat-ing men of Colonel Conrads brigade, and, I believe, the men of the Twentj-third Corps, seeing the line of Opdyckes Ijrigade start for the works, com-menced to rally. I lieard the old soldiers call out, Come on, men, we cango wherevei- the (xeneral can, and making a rush our men immediatelyretook all the lino, excepting a small j)ortion just in front of the brick houseon the pike. A force of the rebels held out at this point, and for fifteen oi*twenty minutes, supported by a rebel line fifty yards to the rear, poured ina severe fire upon our men. So deadly was this fire that it was only by themost strenuous exertions of the officers that our men could be kept to the
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