. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . atioii is corroct; I am a soldici-. You mustselect anotlier room mate for tlie fall term. Mv school i\^are probably emled. Fatbcr Al>ra-liam called for three hiiiidred thou-sand more volunteers, to serve forthree years, or during the war.*My mind was settled to become oneof till number as soon as I read thecall. My parents plead with me tostay in school one year louijer. but Ifeaie(l the war mii:lit end hefoie thryear exjiired. We aiiiued the easefor several weeks, fo
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . atioii is corroct; I am a soldici-. You mustselect anotlier room mate for tlie fall term. Mv school i\^are probably emled. Fatbcr Al>ra-liam called for three hiiiidred thou-sand more volunteers, to serve forthree years, or during the war.*My mind was settled to become oneof till number as soon as I read thecall. My parents plead with me tostay in school one year louijer. but Ifeaie(l the war mii:lit end hefoie thryear exjiired. We aiiiued the easefor several weeks, for, thoutjh re-solved to go, I wished to secure theirconsent, and tiiially sueei-eded. llwas at the l)reakfast tahle on the 22nd of last month, when T mentioned the iiaiiu-s of siveralother boys of my own age who hatl eidisted, that my fathersaid: 1 would rather go myself, and send you back toschool. Turning fiuickly towards mother 1 saw an unusualpaleness and an expression of pain on her face, and knew atonce that they had talked the matter over and decided to htme go. I shall not trv to descrihe mv own sensations or. , Oi-nvcKK (In;:!). *(all of .Iiilv isc: 2 OPDYCKE TIGERS, wliat followed. Before night your old cliuni was enrolled inCaptain Bruifs company, and here we are in camp, drillingeight hours daily. It is hard work, worse than harvesting,hut we are told that when we get set up, so as to standand walk correctly, the drill will cease to irritate onesmuscles and become an agreeable exercise. At present thisparticular soldier would prefer to play town ball. Will tellyou more about camp lite in my next; must get ready forsquad drill just now. Good-bye. Write often. Faithfully yours. Camp Cleveland, Sept. 16, Tom: — We have just been mustered in as Company A, 125thOhio Volunteer Infantry. We expected to go with the 105thRegiment, but it seems that ten othercompanies secured the requisite numberof men before we did, and we are left^« 4m ^^ ^^it- The
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