. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . il the 26th. Thomas hav-ing advanced, driving the enemy heforehim, heyond Fairfield, Reynolds divisionwith l)aggage moved during the night oftlie 2(3th to within live miles of Man-chester, Wilders hrigade having seizedMatts Hollow during the afternoon, thussecuring the passage. On the 27th Reynolds and part ofNegleys divisions arrived at division arrived on the 28th,and all of McCooks and Crittendens divisions w^ere uphefore night on the 29th. In the
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . il the 26th. Thomas hav-ing advanced, driving the enemy heforehim, heyond Fairfield, Reynolds divisionwith l)aggage moved during the night oftlie 2(3th to within live miles of Man-chester, Wilders hrigade having seizedMatts Hollow during the afternoon, thussecuring the passage. On the 27th Reynolds and part ofNegleys divisions arrived at division arrived on the 28th,and all of McCooks and Crittendens divisions w^ere uphefore night on the 29th. In the meantime, on the 25th,after McCook had marched to join Thomas at Beech Grove,leaving Jolmsons division to guard Liherty Gap, the enemymade an attem[>t to recover the gap, but were easily the 27th, when Rosecrans advance reached Manchester,Bragg immediately abandoned his intrcnclimcnts alxnit Shel-by ville. Granger and Stanley, who had joined Grangerwith tlie cavalry, advancing at the same time, occupiedShelbyville, having met with but slight resistance at GuysGap and from the rear guard at Slie1by\ ])i;nnv, ]■. iWMIWmX 69 ()ll tlu 1\^\\\ (iflicnil Ilmllias ;iil\ ;illi-t(l iVolii M ailrlicsl el- to Ciiiiii|it(nrs Cr(,i,lr;iiiiH>ii on tiic ri^lit. \U\-Dokls iKXt oil tlic U-tt with lir;i(li|iiailcr> at (oin-onl ( one iiiilo tuitlKT to tlic Idt. wliilc Sluridans dix isionof the Twentieth Corps juhaneed to the liiiht and north ot])raniioii. ( )n dune :)0 reconnaissanco wirc made tVoiiieach division. On diilv 1 di>liii>on and havis were orihrt-dto advance to tlie riuht of Shtri(hin and Tahnrr and Woodto take |>o>ition on the U-tt of Thomas. Imt hetore the hist(knisioii was tairlv nnckr wav iiittlHucnce was i-eei-iNcd ot])rauii-s Ietreat, he lia\inu e\aenated the work- at Tidhi-lioma ikiriiiii the niydit. r>nl tor tlie eontinuous rains it would ha\e heeii im|;-siblc tor Braiiii to ha\c remained as Io
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