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            Arụmarụ na Ndagwurugwu Elu. 

6th, na echere mbata nke Rosser's brigade of cavalry nke na aga site na ndị agha General Lee. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ụfọdụ ndị agha ịnyịnya nke ndị iro na alụ ọgụ n'Osimiri North, n'akụkụ àkwà mmiri dị nso n'Ugwu Crawford. nakwa na Bridgewater dị n'elu.

Na 5th, Rosser's brigade rutere ma tinye ya na ngalaba Fitz Lee nwa oge, nke Rosser nyere iwu, dịka Brigadier-General Wickham agbahapụla. Ịnyịnya nke Ross«r's brigade ebelatala nke ukwuu site na ọrụ siri ike gara aga na ogologo njem siri na Richmond, nke mere na brigade ahụ agafeghị narị ndị ikom na ebugo elu maka ọrụ. mgbe o sonyeere m ngalaba Kershaw nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ muskets 2700 maka ọrụ, ma ọ kpọtaara ndị agha Cutshaw nke ndị agha. Nkwado ndị a gbasara mebere mfu m na Winchester na Fisher's Hill, m wee kpebisie ike ịwakpo ndị iro nọ n'ọnọdụ ya na Harrisonburg, maka ebumnuche ahụ mere nyocha na 5th, mana n'ụtụtụ. nke 6th, a chọpụtara na ọ lara ezumike nká n'abalị na ndagwurugwu ahụ.

  • Nye smvs na, mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị na Fisher's Hill, "Sheridan chụpụrụ ya

ike dị ukwuu site na Harrisonburg, Staunton, na oghere nke Blue Ridge." Site na ike ole e mere nchụso ahụ, anil ole eziokwu dị na nkwupụta na a chụpụrụ m site na "Harrisonburg, Staunton, na ọdịiche nke Blue Ridge," ka a ga ahụ site na ndekọ ahụ e kwuru n'elu. Otu akụkụ nke ndị agha ịnyịnya m gafere Harrisonburg, ma ọ dịghị onye ọ bụla n'ime ndị agha m ndị ọzọ, ọ dịghịkwa onye n'ime ha site na Staunton, na ha ahapụghị Ndagwurugwu ma ọlị. Ọ bụrụ na Sheridan kwagara ndị agha ya na Port Republic Agaraghị m amanye ịla ezumike nka site na Brown's Gap iji nweta ihe oriri na nri nri, ọ ga abụrịrị na ọ gaghị ekwe m ịlaghachi na Ndagwurugwu ruo mgbe ọ kpọpụrụ akụkụ ya elu.

 Mgbe ndị agha Sheridan nọ nso Harrisonburg na nke m nọ na ekiri ha, mmadụ atọ n’ime ndị na agba ịnyịnya anyị, yi uwe ha na ogwe aka, gbafere n’ahịrị ya n’akụkụ obere obodo a na akpọ Dayton wee zute Lieutenant -Meigs, onye ọrụ Injinia Federal, ya na ndị agha abụọ. Ndị otu ndị a dakwasịrị onwe ha na mberede, otu n'ime ndị ọrụ nyocha anyị nyere Lieutenant Meigs iwu ka ọ chịlie aka elu, nke ọ zara ya site n'ịgba ma merụọ onye scout ahụ ahụ, onye n'aka nke ya gbara egbe. 

ma gbuo Lieutenant. E jidere otu n'ime ndị ikom ya na Lieutenant Meigs, ma onye nke ọzọ gbapụrụ. N'ihi nke a, Sheridan nyere iwu ka a kpọọ obodo Dayton ọkụ, ma n'ihi ihe ụfọdụ, a kwadoro iwu ahụ, ma ọzọ. Dochiri ọkụ a nnukwu ọnụ ọgụgụ nke onwe ụlọ na agbata obi, nke e gburu, si otú na eme ka ndị na abụghị ndị agha na ndị inyom na ụmụaka a kasị achọghị na obi ọjọọ ntaramahụhụ maka ezi omume agha.