125th Ohio Infantry

On Nov. 25, 1863, Colonel Emerson Opdycke of the 125th Ohio Infantry was assigned to command half the brigade, and Captain Edward Bates took command of the regiment. The regiment served in Harker's Brigade, Sheridan's Division, Fourth Corps, took part with its brigade in the preliminary movements of Nov. 23, and in the assault on Missionary Ridge reached the crest in this vicinity and participated in the capture of guns near Bragg's headquarters. It then immediately joined the pursuit, became engaged at the next ridge to the east, and during the night followed to Bird's Mill on the Chickamauga. Its strength in action was 11 officers and 250 men, and its casualties were 2 men killed, 1 officer and 26 men wounded, 29 in total.

Chattanooga, Tennessee · United States