. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ained com-mand of A, and Rice, though Captain of1), commanded B since Captain Moseswas wounded at Kenesaw. Both officershave been in every conflict in which theregiment took part. Lieut. FreemanThoman, of H, becomes Captain of D,and Second Lieut. D. H. Payne, of I,will be First Lieutenant of H. We willalso lose with Company B, Capt. R. FiLLEK, c (1S95). Powcrs and Lieut. Henry Glenville. Or-derly Sergeants D. K. Bush, of A, and Rufus E. Woods, ofB, hold commissio
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ained com-mand of A, and Rice, though Captain of1), commanded B since Captain Moseswas wounded at Kenesaw. Both officershave been in every conflict in which theregiment took part. Lieut. FreemanThoman, of H, becomes Captain of D,and Second Lieut. D. H. Payne, of I,will be First Lieutenant of H. We willalso lose with Company B, Capt. R. FiLLEK, c (1S95). Powcrs and Lieut. Henry Glenville. Or-derly Sergeants D. K. Bush, of A, and Rufus E. Woods, ofB, hold commissions as Lieutenants, but cannot be musteredon them. June 16.— Boarded the steamboat Longworth inthe forenoon, but remained at the landing. It has Ijccn dis-covered that several men were left at Nashville. Theyprobably took French leave to visit home. June 17.—The boat left Johnsonville at sunrise. At4 P. M. the regiment disembarked on an island in the OhioRiver a few miles above Cairo. The steamboat then pro-ceeded to Caiio to take on coal. Some indignation isexpressed at the want of confidence inqdied in not keeping. GOING TO NE]V ORLEANS. Z9Z tlie command on tlie l»oat wliilr eoaliiiii:. From tlie talk,tliere was good cause for the precaution. ISome men claimit is bad faitli to retain them in service atter the war closed ;•others think the command will he mustered out withinthirty days. Some say they will take lurlouulis withoutleave if they get a chance. June 18.—Our boat returned early this morning, tookthe troops and proceeded at once <lown to Cairo, andthence down the Mississi[ipi, passing Cohnubus and IslandNo. 10. At night the boat anchored on account of fog. Anumber of men are missing. Many moie are rebellious. Itis unfortunate that Colonel Brutf is absent. Captain Val-lendar is in command. If Opd^-cke and his stati were onthis boat things would l)e ditlerent. June 19.—The l)oat started at 5 a. .m. Passed FortPillow. Stopped one hour at Memphis, and anchore
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