. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ii fnrther on, the ttiemy made a seconddeterminetl stand, and ()|idytke si-nt the tl.^th Uhio also tothe front line. A third stand was made on a hill from whi(dithey tired hy volley hut overshot. At l^nck Head they ralliedin ami tried to hold their works hnt were e.\|telle(l heforethey had time to fairly form, and onrown line advanced half a mile fur-ther and halted near Wheelers latehea(h[nariei-s, six miles from At-lanta. (hie man killed and li\e wound-ed in the lJ.)th
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ii fnrther on, the ttiemy made a seconddeterminetl stand, and ()|idytke si-nt the tl.^th Uhio also tothe front line. A third stand was made on a hill from whi(dithey tired hy volley hut overshot. At l^nck Head they ralliedin ami tried to hold their works hnt were e.\|telle(l heforethey had time to fairly form, and onrown line advanced half a mile fur-ther and halted near Wheelers latehea(h[nariei-s, six miles from At-lanta. (hie man killed and li\e wound-ed in the lJ.)th was a lii^ht loss,eonsiderini:; the work done, andshowetl how well the men could takeadvatitaue of trees, fences and ine-qualities of the li-ronnd and stillmake rapid proirress. ISnmuel Uogers, of K, was killed. ■^■-•^^^ » ■►• ••Jesse B. Luse, of C, lost an arm. Strirt. dacol* .lewell. ot F,was sliijhtly woiuuled in the side. The names of the otherthree wounded are not now known. The enemy lost u Colonel, kilKtl, and Cajitain, wouml-ed, whom they were nnahle to remove on account of (jiirrapid .288 OPDYCKE TIGERS, Corporal James Willemin, of F, captured an officer,who came from the left of their line towards the center, notknowing the center had been expelled, until lie heard the-command halt, and found himself covered by tlie Corporalsrifle, whose comrades were pressing forward, leaving nochance for escape. Opdyckes favorite horse, Barne}, was killed under him,and he mounted another. Coming np to a deep miry ravine which the men crossed, Capt. JohnW. Tuttle, in command of the 3rdKentuek} at that time, could notinduce his horse to cross. ColonelOpdycke rode up and made the at-tempt, and his horse mired so thathe was compelled to abandon said Barney w o u 1 d havecrossed. Just then a shell burst nearand Captain Tuttles horse brokeaway from liim and ran to the rear,leaving both officers to overtake the^^ • ^^•^^- line on foot. The Colonel the
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