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            OGWU CEDAR KIRIK. 

Ozi a, ekpebiri m ịwakpo ndị iro site n'ịgafe ala nke Captain Hotchkiss họpụtara, ma ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-ekwe omume ịkwaga kọlụm n'etiti. isi ugwu na osimiri. N'ụtụtụ echi ya, General Gordon kwadoro akụkọ Captain Hotchkiss, na-ekwupụta obi ike na enwere ike ime mwakpo ahụ nke ọma na N'aka ekpe na azụ onye iro, na General Pegram kọrọ na a ga-eji ihe isi ike na-aga n'akụkụ aka nri onye iro, dịka akụkụ nke Cedar Creek n'akụkụ ahụ. bụ ndị dị elu ma dị oke egwu ma na-echekwa ya nke ọma. E zipụrụ General Gordon na Captain Hotchkiss ka ha nyochaa ma chọpụta na ụzọ dị n'okpuru ugwu ahụ si arụ ọrụ, na General Pegram, n'ihi arịrịọ ya, a kwadoro. ịga n'ọdụ mgbaàmà n'elu ugwu iji nyochaa ọnọdụ onye iro n'onwe ya site n'ebe ahụ. Enyere ntụzịaka, ka ọ dị ugbu a, ka ihe niile dịrị njikere ịkwaga n’abalị ahụ (nke iri na asatọ), a kpọkwara ndị ọchịagha nke ngalaba ka ha nọrọ n’ụlọ m n’elekere abụọ nke ehihie, ka ha nweta ntụziaka ikpeazụ ha.

Osimiri ahụ na-eme sekit n'aka ekpe n'ihu aka nri nke ọnọdụ dị na Fisher's Hill na gburugburu Strasburg, na-ahapụ nnukwu ala n'etiti ya na ugwu ahụ, na nke bụ ọtụtụ ugbo. Mgbe ọ bụla anyị biri n'Ugwu Fisher, akụkụ nke ndị agha ịnyịnya anyị na-anọ n'akụkụ osimiri a, iji gbochie ndị iro ịtụgharị aka nri nke ọnọdụ ahụ, ma ugbu a Colonel Payne na ndị agha ịnyịnya ya dị ihe dị ka 300 nọ na ya. Iji mee mmegharị ahụ a na-atụgharị uche, ọ dị mkpa ịgafe osimiri n'ime ebe a na-ehulata, wee gafere n'etiti ụkwụ nke ugwu na osimiri dị n'okpuru Strasburg, ebe ụzọ ahụ. dị warara nke ukwuu, wee gafee osimiri ahụ ọzọ n'okpuru ọnụ Cedar Creek. A na-ahụ ogige ndị iro na ọnọdụ ya site n'ọdụ mgbaama dị na Round Hill n'azụ ugwu Fisher, ma enyochala m site n'oge ahụ, mana ebe dị anya dị oke oke ịhụ na ọpụrụiche. Site n'ọdụ ụgbọ okporo ígwè dị n'ugwu ahụ, nke na-elepụ anya n'aka ekpe nke ndị iro, echiche ahụ dị nnọọ iche, ma enweghị m ike ịga na nke ahụ.