. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ; then to AFill Creek Gaji, wIumxhe captured the garrison of a block houseand secured a passage through the this time Sherman was pressing upoiiliim, and not intending to fight, he re-treated to the southwest. Sherman heardof Hoods arrival at liesaca on the l-Uli,and at once set his troo[»s in m(» Fourth (^orps marched rda Calhoun,and camped on the old battlefield, threemiles north of Resaca the next day, having marched thirty-five miles within twentj-fou
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . ; then to AFill Creek Gaji, wIumxhe captured the garrison of a block houseand secured a passage through the this time Sherman was pressing upoiiliim, and not intending to fight, he re-treated to the southwest. Sherman heardof Hoods arrival at liesaca on the l-Uli,and at once set his troo[»s in m(» Fourth (^orps marched rda Calhoun,and camped on the old battlefield, threemiles north of Resaca the next day, having marched thirty-five miles within twentj-four hours. The pursuit was pressed vigoi-ously on tlie loth and Kttli,tlie Army of tlie Tennessee passing through Ships Gap onthe 16th, the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps halting atVillanow. Iso move on the ITtli ; inarched at 6 a. m. on the18th for Summerville and arrived on the 19th. On the 20thmarched to Gaylesville. Sherman halted at Gaylesville fora few days to live off the country and find out what Hoodwould do next. Hoods appearance on tlie railroad gave thegarrison at Chattanooga extra duty also. General Schofield. Van Dokn,Major General. (J. S. A. 314 OPDYCKE TIGERS, arrived from the north, and being unable to reach his com-mand or communicate with Sherman, telegraphed to Gen-eral Thomas at Naslnille, and was ordered to take commandat Chattanooga. For a few days it was thought Hood mightmake an attack. The works were repaired and everythingput in order for a good defense, and detachments were sentout to watch the enemys movements. The 125th did con-siderable traveling by rail. Went to Ringgold on the 15th,returned on the 16th and went throughto Whitesides; next morning ran downto Bridgeport, and on the 18th ran backto Chattanooga and marched to the oldbattletield of Chickamauga, having thenovel experience on tliat day of eatingbreakfast in Alabama, dinner at Chatta-nooga, Tenn , and supper in on the 19th to Lafayette, onthe 20th to A^alley Store, and
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