Opdycke's Tigers in the Civil War - A History of the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Organized in the fall of 1862, the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was commanded by the aggressive and ambitious Colonel Emerson Opdycke, a citizen-soldier with no military experience who rose to brevet major general.
Part of the Army of the Cumberland, the 125th first saw combat at Chickamauga. Charging into Dyer's cornfield to blunt a rebel breakthrough, the Buckeyes pressed forward and, despite heavy casualties, drove the enemy back, buying time for the fractured Union army to rally. Impressed by the heroic charge of an untested regiment, Union General Thomas Wood labeled them "Opdycke's Tigers."
After losing a third of their men at Chickamauga, the 125th fought engagements across Tennessee and Georgia during 1864, and took part in the decisive battles at Franklin and Nashville.
Drawing on both primary sources and recent scholarship, this is the first full-length history of the regiment in more than 120 years.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Volunteers Wanted

¿2.¿Central Tennessee

¿3.¿The Road to the River of Death

¿4.¿Chickamauga, Saturday, September 19

¿5.¿Chickamauga, Sunday Morning, September 20

¿6.¿Chickamauga, Sunday Afternoon, September 20

¿7.¿Bottled Up in Chattanooga

¿8.¿Missionary Ridge

¿9.¿Knoxville and East Tennessee

10.¿Rocky Face Ridge

11.¿Resaca

12.¿New Hope Church

13.¿The Battles for Kennesaw Mountain

14.¿Peach Tree Creek

15.¿The Fall of Atlanta

16.¿From Atlanta to Pulaski

17.¿Columbia and Spring Hill

18.¿Franklin

19.¿Nashville

20.¿From Huntsville to Columbus

Roster

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Thomas Crowl is a retired veterinarian, nonfiction author and historian. He lives in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Crowl, Crowl Thomas
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2019
• EAN: 9781476675923
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7592-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, Specific wars and military campaigns