. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . )-porting distance. Sehotieldmoved from Snake Creek(iaji n the lonie and 1 >al-toii lioad northward until hepassed Thomas lett, haltingat night with his right inthe vit-initv of Uairds diseo\ered the ah- sence of the enemy trom the lines at Dalton daylight,and at once pursued. Stanleys division, nnirching thiongliMill Creid-; (iap. had the advance. Newtons division comingnext fidlowed hy Woods. The lJ)th, nnirching with thedivision, enten-d Dalton a
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . )-porting distance. Sehotieldmoved from Snake Creek(iaji n the lonie and 1 >al-toii lioad northward until hepassed Thomas lett, haltingat night with his right inthe vit-initv of Uairds diseo\ered the ah- sence of the enemy trom the lines at Dalton daylight,and at once pursued. Stanleys division, nnirching thiongliMill Creid-; (iap. had the advance. Newtons division comingnext fidlowed hy Woods. The lJ)th, nnirching with thedivision, enten-d Dalton at 11 \. m., halted one hour, thenresumed the march, following Stanley whose progress wasretardetl hy the enemys stnmg r i. column was onlv ei^rht miles tnun l^alton. .^toiiemans. ^36 OPDYCKE TIGERS, ■division of cavalry moved on tlie direct road from Dalton toEesaca, McCooks division of cavalry on a road near the foot■of the mountain, and the Fourth Corps by an intermediateroute, probably the Rome and Dalton road. At night How-ards right was within a mile or two of Scholield. The entire-army was, therefore, on aline extending from the Oostanaulanear the mouth of Camp Creek northward for about threemiles and thence northeast several miles. Orders issued during the night for movements on the14th required McPherson to press the enemy on his frontwith sufHcient vigor to prevent reinforce-ments from the enemys left to right, butfalling short of actual assault upon theworks. Thomas., and Scholield were toadvance by a right wheel on Butterfieldsleft as a pivot until the enemys lineswere fully developed and tested. The left of Johnsons division of theFourteenth Corps was about one milefrom Camp Creek. Baird was still fartheraway, and Scholield had to swing forwa
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