. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . om apoint ahout one ndle >ontli of theAuiiiista railroad north and we>t tothe CMiattan(»()i;a railioad. at an av-erage distance «d tour miles IromAtlanta. On the niorninu- of the Ilind thatentire line was found to he enemy had retired to tln interiordefenses of Atlanta, eneirdini; theeity at a distanee of one and one-halfmiles trom the centi-r. The streni^th(dthe works made it possihle to holdthem with thin lines. enal)linu- IIoo(l to use two-thir<|
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . om apoint ahout one ndle >ontli of theAuiiiista railroad north and we>t tothe CMiattan(»()i;a railioad. at an av-erage distance «d tour miles IromAtlanta. On the niorninu- of the Ilind thatentire line was found to he enemy had retired to tln interiordefenses of Atlanta, eneirdini; theeity at a distanee of one and one-halfmiles trom the centi-r. The streni^th(dthe works made it possihle to holdthem with thin lines. enal)linu- IIoo(l to use two-thir<|s of hisforce for ahall his troops direct ly against the interior line, and planned tostrike and s. McJMiersons aihance was along the railroad trom I>eca-tur, corps in the center, lllairs on tli* lelt andDodges on the right. The forward movement, contractingthe lines, hrought the Twenty-third (orp> next on Loir;,|,s. 294 OPDYCKE TIGERS, riglit, leaving Dodge in reserve. McPlierson ordered thelatter to march southeast to the vicinity of Blairs left forthe purpose of strengthening the tlank, and Dodges twodivisions were in motion on an obscure wasfon track throughthe woods alxmt one mile in rear of Blair and Logan whenthey were suddenly assailed by Bates and Walkers divisionsof Hardees corps advancing from the east, Avhile Cleburnesdivision pushed into the interval between Dodges right andBlairs left, and with Maneys division on his left, enveloped and assaulted Leggetts division onBlairs lett from front and had marched in the nightthrough Atlanta on a road leadingsoutheast to its junction with a roadleading north to Decatur, and on thelatter road until his head of columnreached a point a couple of milessouth of Decatur, when his troopsfaced west and advanced. His headof column had marched fifteen his movement had not been dis-covered was due to the fact that Sher-man had sent
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