. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . )anic stricken, I con-cluded to tight the enemy on the line I tiien was, so 1 order-ed the men to commence 350 OPDYCKE TIGERS, Wh} tin ottieer of Conrads pluck and experienceshould hesitate to make even a disorderly retreat when theoccasion seemed to demand it, is not satisfactorily he thought, as most fighting Colonels did think,that he could retreat just as well after he was whipped as be-fore, and doubtless expected his men to enter the wor
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . )anic stricken, I con-cluded to tight the enemy on the line I tiien was, so 1 order-ed the men to commence 350 OPDYCKE TIGERS, Wh} tin ottieer of Conrads pluck and experienceshould hesitate to make even a disorderly retreat when theoccasion seemed to demand it, is not satisfactorily he thought, as most fighting Colonels did think,that he could retreat just as well after he was whipped as be-fore, and doubtless expected his men to enter the workseasilj^ in advance of the enemy, and he certainly had aright to expect that the troops in the works would atleast double tiles and leave spaces through which his men with empty guns could passto tlie rear. There wasplenty of time while thetroops in front were run-ning back to the works toarrange for their entr^ with-out producing panic amongthe men behind the works,but nothing contained inthe reports indicate thatanything of that kind wasattempted. Possibly otHcersin the works could not seethe enemys pursuing line,l)ut they could not well failto see the danger of con-fusion in their own lines ifthey failed to provide open-ings for
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