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         MMADỤ NANdị na-akụ azụ̀ Ugwu

egbe iri na otu dara n'aka ndi iro. Emeghị nchụso siri ike, ike m wee daa azụ site na Woodstock ruo ebe a na-akpọ Passage Narrow, a na-ebu ụgbọ oloko niile na nchekwa.

Ọnwụ anyị nwụrụ na merụọ ahụ, n'okwu a dị ntakịrị, ma ụfọdụ ndị iro nwụchiri, ọtụtụ n'ime ha nwụchiri mgbe ha na-agbalị ịgafe North Fork ruo Massannutten Mountain, n'okpuru ugwu ahụ. echiche na ndị iro nwere nke Valley Pike n'azụ anyị. Enwere m ihe ndabara n'ịtufu Adjutant General m, Lieutenant Colonel A. S. Pendleton, onye na-eto eto mara mma na nke ọma, onye jere ozi na ndị ọrụ General Jackson n'oge mkpọsa Ndagwurugwu ya, ma mechaa ruo n'oge ọnwụ nke ikpeazụ. Colonel Pendleton dara merụrụ ahụ n'ihe dị ka ọchịchịrị, ka ọ na-ekesa ike gafee Pike, ntakịrị n'azụ Ugwu Fisher, iji lelee onye iro. Ọ na-eme ihe n'ịgba galantry ya nke ọma, na ọnwụ ya nwere mmetụta miri emi na kwara ụta.*

LAghachite azụ Ndagwurugwu, na ọrụ ruo n'agha CEDAR Creek.

N'ụtụtụ nke abalị iri abụọ na atọ, akwagara m n'Ugwu Jackson, bụ́ ebe m kwụsịrị iji mee ka ndị ọrịa na ndị merụrụ ahụ nwee ike ibupụ ụlọ ahịa ụlọ ọgwụ dị n'ebe ahụ. N'ehihie Nkewa nke ndị agha ịnyịnya nke Averill bịara na-achụ, na mgbe ahụ

• N'akụkọ ya banyere agha Winchester, Grant na-ekwu, sị: "Ndị iro gbakọtara wee guzoro n'ọnọdụ siri ike na Fisher's Hill, bụ ebe a wakporo ya ma merie ya na nnukwu ọnwụ na 20th." Nke a mukes Sheridan pnrsue na ọgụ na nnukwu ngwa ngwa na ume, ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ eziokwu, ma ọ ga-ahụ. na emeghị mwakpo ahụ ruo mgbede n'ehihie nke ụbọchị nke atọ mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị na Winchester, na mmegharị ahụ n'akụkụ aka ekpe m bụ Crook mekwara ọzọ. Ọ bụrụ na Sheridan enweghị ndị nọ n'okpuru ikike na ume karịa karịa onwe ya, ọ ga-abụrịrị na m ga-ede akụkọ dị iche iche nke mkpọsa Ndagwurugwu m. F