. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . -i; I- i 1^ 35i OPDYCKE TIGERS, December 9.—Rain followed by sleet and snow. Theorder for a movement to-morrow is suspended. December 10.—Snow and frozen sleet covers the can liardly travel oft the beaten path. December 11 (Sunday).—Very cold. Ko religious ser-vices. December 12.—Still cold, Init the sun LiEiT. :\. II. K and K (is!>5). BATTLE OF NASHVILLE. 359 December 13.—The cold l)last from tlie frozen iiortli hasce


. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . -i; I- i 1^ 35i OPDYCKE TIGERS, December 9.—Rain followed by sleet and snow. Theorder for a movement to-morrow is suspended. December 10.—Snow and frozen sleet covers the can liardly travel oft the beaten path. December 11 (Sunday).—Very cold. Ko religious ser-vices. December 12.—Still cold, Init the sun LiEiT. :\. II. K and K (is!>5). BATTLE OF NASHVILLE. 359 December 13.—The cold l)last from tlie frozen iiortli hasceased, wind shifted, coming from the southeast, and ice ismelting. Cam}> life and picket duty has been decidedly dis-agieeable for a few days past. December 14.—Wet and muddy. A good many l25thmen have returned from hospital or home. Lieut. Alex. , came from Ohio, recovered from his H. Adams, of G, who has been living in Confederateprisons since September, was exchanged and canR \\\> is common talk tliat we aie to light Hood to-ni(tii(»w. BATTLE OF NASHVILLE. General Thomas force consisted of A. J. Smiths corps(Sixteenth), three divisions, 12,000 men ; General Steed-man, two brigades of colored troops and one of menbelonging to Shermans army, 5000 ; the garrison at !Nash-ville, 6000 infantry and artillery; theFourth Corps, 15,000, and the Twenty-third Corps, 10,000, and the cavahy. Theemployes of the Quarte


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