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           LAGHACHI GAA N'ỤWA.  

A chụpụrụ ụfọdụ ọgụ siri ike azụ. M kwagara Rude's Hill n'etiti Ugwu Jackson na Newmarket.

N'ụtụtụ nke 24th, otu ndị agha ịnyịnya nke ndị iro gafere North Fork n'okpuru Ugwu Jackson, ma nwaa ịgafe n'akụkụ aka nri m, mana ejidere ya n'oge na-adịghị anya ndị agha ndị iro ahụ pụtara n'Ugwu Jackson, ma malite ịkwaga n'aka ekpe m. akụkụ, n'akụkụ nke ọzọ nke osimiri site na nke ekpe m zuru ike. Dị ka obodo ahụ na-emeghe kpamkpam, na Rude's Hill dị elu, enwere m ike ịhụ mmegharị nke ndị iro ahụ dum, ozugbo ọ malitere n'ụzọ zuru ezu, amalitere m ịla ezumike nká n'ahịrị agha, na n'ụzọ ahụ lara ezumike nká site na New Market na ebe okporo ụzọ Port Republic na-ahapụ Valley Pike, itoolu kilomita site na Rude's Hill. Emere mmegharị a site na mba mepere emepe, na maịl ma ọ bụ abụọ ọ bụla kwụsịrị, na ngwa agha meghere ndị iro, bụ ndị na-achụso ya, nke mere ka ọ malite ibunye n'ahịrị, mgbe a ga-amaliteghachi azụ azụ ahụ. Na nke a nlaghachi azụ, n'okpuru ọkụ na akara, nke na-agbalị a ịla ezumike nká ike, na-anwale ndị kasị mma Àgwà nke onye agha, omume nke ndị agha m bụ ihe magburu onwe ya, ma ha na-echekwa usoro zuru oke na akara ha na-emebi emebi, n'agbanyeghị ọnụ ọgụgụ ha dị ntakịrị, na eziokwu ahụ bụ na ndị iro na-achụso ike zuru oke, na, mgbe ọ bụla, na-akụda. na ngwa agha ịnyịnya n'okpuru nkwado nke ndị agha ịnyịnya, na imeghe na ahịrị ezumike nká. N'ikpeazụ, nke dị n'ebe a na-akpọ "Legion nke iri," na nso ebe okporo ụzọ Port Republic na-ahapụ Pike, ma ọ dị ntakịrị tupu anyanwụ daa, ekpebiri m iguzogide ọganihu ọ bụla ọzọ. ka m wee mee ka ụgbọ oloko m banye n'okporo ụzọ Port Republic; ma zipụ ndị agha na ngwa agha meghere ndị iro na-aga n'ihu, ma, mgbe ọ gbasasịrị ụfọdụ ọgụ, ọ banyere n'ogige n'anya anyị, na n'ofè anyị enweghị ike iru. N'oge a, otu ogbunigwe gburu otu onye na-ahụ maka ogbunigwe, Captain Massie. Ozugbo chi jie, anyị lara ezumike nká maịl ise n'okporo ụzọ Port Republic ma gbarie n'ụtụtụ, e debere ndị agha ịnyịnya Lomax n'aka ekpe anyị, n'okporo ụzọ Middle and Back site n'Ugwu Jackson ruo Harrisonburg, ma a manyere ha ịlaghachi azụ.