. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . iartment of theCumberland. Early in Septend»er the rebel army violated. i;..~i. i: w- 28 OPDYCKE TIGERS, the alleged neutrality of Kentucky by invading the Stateand taking possession of Hickman and Columbus, intendingto advance at once to Padncah, on the Ohio Kiver, but wereanticipated there by troops sent from Cairo by GeneralFremont. On Sei)tember 17 the troops in Camp Joe Holtwere called upon to resist an invasion of the State by a forceunder General Simon Buckner, wh
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . iartment of theCumberland. Early in Septend»er the rebel army violated. i;..~i. i: w- 28 OPDYCKE TIGERS, the alleged neutrality of Kentucky by invading the Stateand taking possession of Hickman and Columbus, intendingto advance at once to Padncah, on the Ohio Kiver, but wereanticipated there by troops sent from Cairo by GeneralFremont. On Sei)tember 17 the troops in Camp Joe Holtwere called upon to resist an invasion of the State by a forceunder General Simon Buckner, who started from CampBoone, in Tennessee, and attempted to reach Louisville bythe Louisville & Nashville Kailroad. W. , second in command to Anderson, commanded theforce sent to resist Buckner. Tiie latter advanced to Eliza-beth, forty miles from Louisville, and then retired, beforeShermans counter advance, to Bowling Green, which placehe intrenched and held until the fall of Fort Sherman went into camp at ]\Lildrauglis Hill, nearElizabethtown, and awaited reinforcements. Among theUrst to arrive were the 28th, 6th and 39th Indiana, underColonels Scri
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