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MMADỤ n'Ugwu Azụ

Na ìhè n'ụtụtụ nke 20th, ndị agha m kwagara 

Ugwu Fisher na-enweghị mmetọ sitere n'aka ndị iro, na ọzọ were ọnọdụ n'oge ahụ na akara ochie - ngalaba Wharton ịnọ n'aka nri, mgbe ahụ Gordon's, Ramseur's na Rodes', na usoro e kwuru ha. Ndị agha ịnyịnya Fitz Lee, ugbu a n'okpuru Brigadier-General Wickham, e zigara ndị Ndagwurugwu Luray gaa ngafe dị warara na Millford, iji nwaa jide nke ahụ Ndagwurugwu megide ndi-agha ndi-agha. General Ramseur bụ bufere n'iwu nke ngalaba Rodes, na Brigadier- General Pegram, onye kọrọ maka ọrụ gbasara 1st nke Ọgọstụ, ma bụrụ onye isi ndị brigade ya kemgbe oge ahụ. a hapụrụ onye-isi nke ngalaba e nyere iwu na mbụ nke Ramseur dere. Ndị agha m enweghị ike ijide ha niile ahịrị dị na Fisher's Hill, n'agbanyeghị na etinyere ya ahịrị attenuated, nke nwere ogologo oge dị ukwuu. Nke ka ukwuu Otu akụkụ nke ndị agha ịnyịnya Lomax bụ nke a kwaturu, ma tinye ya n'aka ekpe Ramseur, nso Little North Mountain, mana ahịrị enweghi ike ijide ya n'uju.

Nke a bụ naanị ọnọdụ dị na Ndagwurugwu dum ebe ewepụrụ. enwere ike iwere ahịrị ọgụ megide onye iro na-akpụ akpụ? elu na Ndagwurugwu, ma ọ nwere ọtụtụ ebe adịghị ike. Ịla ezumike nká be- na ebe a, gaara eme ka ọ dị m mkpa daa azụ na ụfọdụ oghere nke Blue Ridge, na elu akụkụ nke Ndagwurugwu, m wee kpebie ime ihe ngosi

Nkwenye Grant nke ịla azụ n'ikwe ka ebu ụzọ mee ya, na nke nkwupụta na Baltimore na Ohio Railroad na Chesapeake na Ohio E gbochiri ọwa mmiri, na mbuso agha nke Pennsylvania na Maryland mere na-eyi egwu mgbe niile, dị ka ịmanye ya ka ọ tụfuo oge ahụ, gosi a nnukwu ekele maka ịrụ ọrụ nke obere ike m. Ụzọ ụgbọ oloko dị iri abụọ na kilomita abụọ site na Winchester na ebe kacha nso, na ọwa mmiri karịrị iri atọ na n'ebe ugwu nke Potomac, ebe Sheridan dị nso na ha abụọ. Onyinye ahụ ọ dị mkpa ịsị Sheridan : " banye !" Enwere m ike ikwere nke ọma, mana nke ahụ Nke ikpeazụ nọ na-achọsi ike maka nkwupụta nke akpaokwu thai kpochapụwo, a ga-ahapụrịrị m were were dị ka apọkrịfa.