. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . W. , a ()O). HI Kinsman, , Ai,i.: We tliniiUyou for lliis l<iii(l reception tondcrctl our Associa-tion. \\i ciMiic Id y<iii to-day proud in tiic lirli; ithat the iiilcnsi ynii have ever nianifestcd in ilic12.)tii (). V. i. still continues, and fondly ]io])c llini it will ever \m.\ thus.^\llil(■ in llic licld it was natural that yon should lie iiiiirestcd and solici-Idiis Ini- (iiir willaic; iiiorcdf yimr ydiin^ nini wcic liandcd with us t


. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . W. , a ()O). HI Kinsman, , Ai,i.: We tliniiUyou for lliis l<iii(l reception tondcrctl our Associa-tion. \\i ciMiic Id y<iii to-day proud in tiic lirli; ithat the iiilcnsi ynii have ever nianifestcd in ilic12.)tii (). V. i. still continues, and fondly ]io])c llini it will ever \m.\ thus.^\llil(■ in llic licld it was natural that yon should lie iiiiirestcd and solici-Idiis Ini- (iiir willaic; iiiorcdf yimr ydiin^ nini wcic liandcd with us thanfruiii an\ ui licr place in Ohio forty men, and nut a jxtor (Uic anionj^ thcin. iz^th O. r. I. ASSOCIATION. 435. IKANi 1^ ( A>S1I., 1. ilav hriiioiii; back tliat banner A^: a loyal ronuimiiity the people of i\insnian stand toieniost ; forpatriotism tlie annals of history fiunisli no p;uallel ; more men enlisted intlie Union army from Kinsman in proi)orlion to her nnmber than from anyother place in the Union. More than T)!! jut cent, of lier population volnn-teered in the ilefense of the Union. The tirst settlers of Kinsman weic of that Puritan stock which heldlife sul)ordinate to the defense of home and country. When the i>ritishand Indians threatened their homes with devasta-tion, every able-bodied man took u|) aruis in theii-defense. Seventy-seven years ago, Auiiust l4, isi;;,saw such a martial gathering here in Kinsmanas fully illustrates Avhat I here try to make i) from all parts of the country rallied at Kins-man pre])aratory to a march through the forest insearch of the enemy. Mothers, wives and daugh-ters, they too lent a helping hand, deftly mould-ing munitions of ^var. Suc


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