Footsteps - 125th Ohio

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1. Sept 19th. - Up from Lee and Gordon's Mill - views of past and present

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2. Engaged.  The stone marker is just up the trail from the number 2. 

 

3. Bivouac.  Either location possible. Image looking east. Red line is the Rosecrans headquarters monument.

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4. Sept. 20th. - In line with Harker's Brigade

5. Sent north to reinforce Reynolds

View from the 125th OH marker looking out across the rebel advance moving from left to right. See also for another view.

View from the other side of the field
directly across. An Ohio boy gets in a
good one on General Hood.

6. Return to action - earned nickname of "Tigers"

7. Fall back to Snodgrass Hill

Looking towards the eneemy
Snodgrass Cabin at top center in image below, 125th Ohio position on extreme left
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8.Retreat to Chattanooga

See also this page for the 125th at Missionary Ridge two months later.  The map of the Confederate rear guard action shows a red dot at the Bragg Reservation where the 125th Ohio went up the ridge and the location of the Confederate rear guard action which the 125th helped to dislodge.

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