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        Arụmarụ na Ndagwurugwu Elu.  

isi ihe ndị ahụ. N'ime mmegharị a, enwere m ndị agha niile nke ndị iro n'aka nri m, ebe otu ìgwè nke ndị agha ịnyịnya nọ n'azụ m na abụọ n'ihu m, na n'aka ekpe bụ Blue Ridge. N'ihi ya, ekwesịrị m iji nlezianya na agagharị. E zigara ndị agha agha nke Wickham na South River, dị nso n'ugwu ahụ, ka ha banye n'etiti onye iro na Rockfish Gap, ebe ndị agha ahụ na-akwaga na ogidi abụọ, otu elu. South River nwere ụgbọ oloko echedoro n'ihu site na nkewa Pegram na Wharton, na azụ site na ngalaba Ramseur, na nke ọzọ, mejupụtara ngalaba Kershaw na Gordon nwere ngwa agha, n'aka nri site na Ugwu Meridian, Piedmont na New Hope. Ndị agha ịnyịnya McCausland, n'okpuru Colonel Ferguson, hapụrụ ka ha gbochie ma jide Brown's Gap, ebe Lomax, ya na ndị agha ịnyịnya ya na ndị agha Payne, na ekiri akụkụ aka nri na azụ. Ndị agha Wickham, ebe ha nwetara n'etiti Rockfish Gap na Waynesboro, chụpụrụ ndị iro na arụ ọrụ n'ebe ikpeazụ, ma were ọnọdụ n'elu ugwu dị n'ihu ya, mgbe agha agha dị nkọ malitere. Nkewa nke Pegram, na anya obere ndị agha ịnyịnya n'ihu ya, rutere n'abalị na aga n'ihu na onye iro, mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na nnukwu ngwa ngwa, na aga n'okporo ụzọ Staunton na n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Valley Pike, laghachi na isi ahụ. Otu ụlọ ọrụ nchekwa ihe mejupụtara ụmụ nwoke ndị na erubeghị afọ 18, bụ ndị ejirigoro ọrụ pụrụ iche na Staunton, kwagara Rockfish Gap, yana ụlọ ọrụ nchekwa ọzọ. site na Charlottesville, ya na ngwa agha abụọ, kwagara n'otu ebe ahụ, mgbe ndị iro ahụ gara n'ihu n'ọwara ahụ na tupu ọ banye n'ụdị egbe, ha nọ. meghere, ma ọ lara ezumike nká na Waynesboro.

Na 29th na 30th, anyị zuru ike na Waynesboro, na e tinyere otu onye injinia na arụ ọrụ na arụzi akwa mmiri nke e mebiri emebi.

N’abalị 1 nke Ọktọba, ebugharị m ndị agha m niile gafee obodo ahụ gaa n’Ugwu Sidney dị na ndagwurugwu Pike, wee were ọnọdụ n’etiti ebe ahụ na Osimiri North, ndị agha ndị iro etinyegoro na gburugburu Harrisonburg, na n’akụkụ osimiri. ugwu ugwu osimiri. N'ọnọdụ a, anyị nọgidere ruo mgbe