Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 20, 2025
Opdycke's brigade was covering the railway station and the Franklin pike on the north, and Lane's brigade the Mount Carmel road on the east. They had a connected line, but it was so long that much of it consisted of skirmishers only. They had in their front detachments of Forrest's cavalry feeling along their line for an opening to get at the trains.
Blain's Cross-roads Hanson's headquarters A hearty welcome Establishing field quarters Tents and houses A good quartermaster Headquarters' business Soldiers' camps Want of clothing and shoes The rations Running the country mills Condition of horses and mules Visit to Opdycke's camp A Christmas dinner Veteran enlistments Patriotic spirit Detachment at Strawberry Plains Concentration of corps there Camp on a knoll-A night scene-Climate of the valley Affair at Mossy Creek New Year's blizzard Pitiful condition of the troops Patience and courage Zero weather.
That is pretty strong language in view of the battle record of Wagner's division, for of the four brigades out of all the brigades serving in all the Western armies, given prominent mention by Colonel Fox in his book on regimental losses as famous fighting brigades, two, Opdycke's and Bradley's, belonged to Wagner's division, to say nothing of the very awkward fact that the brigades of Opdycke and Lane were on the other side of Spring Hill, out of sight of Cleburne's attack, but it is seriously so stated "the entire division broke and ran, leaving the regiment and the battery to resist the attack.
When the 64th came off the skirmish line it was sent to the support of the 42d. The 36th Illinois, Opdycke's only reserve, was hurried across on double-quick from the other side of Spring Hill to support the two guns at the pike. As many guns of the reserve artillery as could be utilized were placed in battery around the southeasterly skirt of the village, looking towards Bradley's position.
I could give them later news from home than any of them had, for until the end of the year the newspapers I brought from Cincinnati were the latest in camp. I found Opdycke's camp like our own. He was in the woods, under a lean-to shelter such as I have described, with a camp-fire of great logs in front of it.
Colonel Opdycke's regiment was one of the first in the winning column, and his men were hardly placed in the line before he was led back, wounded; but as soon as his wound was dressed and he had recovered a little from the shock, he was back at his post. The place was so hot a one that Harker's brigade also exhausted its ammunition and had to be relieved before the left of my own line was moved.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking