. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . anced line, and theenemy was repulsed with heavy the next morning the positionwas SO strongly fortified as to defyassault, and artillery brought for-ward to it commanded both the rail-way and wagon bridges across theOostanaula, compelling the enemy toTiuoiAs IAY, c (i?>9o). ^^^^ .^ road and lay a pontoon bridge a mile above the town. Sweeneys divison of the SixteenthCorps had been sent to Lays Ferry, a few miles below^Resaca, under orders to effect a crossing
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . anced line, and theenemy was repulsed with heavy the next morning the positionwas SO strongly fortified as to defyassault, and artillery brought for-ward to it commanded both the rail-way and wagon bridges across theOostanaula, compelling the enemy toTiuoiAs IAY, c (i?>9o). ^^^^ .^ road and lay a pontoon bridge a mile above the town. Sweeneys divison of the SixteenthCorps had been sent to Lays Ferry, a few miles below^Resaca, under orders to effect a crossing and cover the lay-ing of a pontoon bridge. One brigade crossed and drove otfthe enemys cavalry on the southern bank, but Sweeney thenreceived a false report that the enemy was crossing to thenorth side between Lays Ferry and Resaca, and he with-drew to that side and fell back a mile or two. When thefact that Union troops had crossed was reported to GeneralJohnston, he sent Walkers division of ILirdees Corps toresist the movement. Walker, arriving after Sweeney hadwithdrawn, reported no Federal tioops on the south side,. AT RES AC A. 241 aiitl was at oiict rccallcMl. SwcriifV ail\ :iiicc(l ai^aiii <»ii tliflotli, crossed his oiitirc u\v and in-tiiMicluMl. hiyiiiu down two pontoon liridi:(s. ( )n tlic liiKS ahout Kosat-a a sharp skirmish lire wasmaintained at all jioints. the si-iioiis work on thi l.)tliocenrrinu H l* extreme lett. kSherman sent Hooker andReliotichl to tiie h-lt, wdiero tliey were nut hy Hoods Corpsadvancini: to turn our tlank. .\ hard tiuht eiisueil. in whichHooker uained iirouiKh (>n the Fourth (orps tVont (h-nioii-strations were ma(h in sup[»ort olJlooker. and Woods division hecaincseriou>ly eiiLraiiiMl, Hazens an<l W il-liehs hiigades inakin^ an assauh. inwhieh (Teiiera! Willieh was seriouslywoundeih Jhe ll-uli was in thesecond line all day hcliind work-thrown up in llie niiiht. Ahoutini(hiiu-ht Newtons skirmish linetried thi- enemys wor
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