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OGWU CEDAR KIRIK.
rụtụ aka n'onwe m, ebe mgbago ahụ siri ezigbo ike, ọ chọkwara ọtụtụ awa iji gaa na-abịa, enweghị m ike ịhapụ iwu m maka oge ahụ. Ya mere enwere m, n'ezie, ịdabere na akụkọ nke ndị ọrụ ọrụ m.
General Gordon na Captain Hotchkiss, na nlọghachi ha, kọrọ ụzọ dị n'etiti ugwu na osimiri, nke bụ ụzọ kpuru ìsì, ka ọ bụrụ nke a na-eme maka ndị agha ma ọ bụghị maka agha. ma wuo àkwà mmiri nwa oge n’okpuru nlekọta Captain Hotchkiss, na ngafe mbụ nke osimiri ahụ n’aka nri anyị. Atụmatụ mbuso agha nke m kpebisiri ike bụ izipu ngalaba atọ nke 2nd Corps, iji mara: Gordon's, Ramseur's, na Pegram, n'okpuru General Gordon, n'elu ụzọ ahụ nke akọwapụtara n'azụ onye iro, iji mee ka ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye iro. wakpo n'elekere ise nke ụtụtụ, nke ga-adị ntakịrị tupu ụbọchị ezumike - ịkwaga onwe m, na ngalaba Kershaw na Wharton, na ngwa agha niile, n'akụkụ Pike site na Pike. Strasburg, wee wakpo ndị iro n'ihu na n'akụkụ aka ekpe ozugbo Gordon kwesịrị itinye aka, yana maka Rosser ka ya na ndị agha nke ya na ndị agha Wickham kwaga n'okporo ụzọ azụ. gafee Cedar Creek, wee wakpo ndị agha ndị iro n'otu oge na mbuso agha Gordon, ebe Lomax kwesịrị ịkwaga Front Royal, gafee osimiri, wee bịa na ndagwurugwu Pike, yabụ. ka o tie onye-iro-ya n'ebe ọ bula ọ nọ, nke ọ gēji olu nke ọku nke-uku kpe ikpe.
N’elekere abụọ nke abalị, ndị ọchịagha nile nke ngalaba, ma e wezụga Pegram, bụ́ onye na-esighị n’ugwu ahụ lọta, bịarutere n’isi ụlọ ọrụ m, m wee nye ha ntụziaka ha. A gwara Gordon ka ọ gafee n'akụkụ osimiri ahụ ozugbo ọchịchịrị gasịrị, ma kwaga n'ala ala ugwu ahụ, ebe ọ ga-ezu ike ndị agha ya, ma si ebe ahụ gaa n'oge na-agafe. osimiri ọzọ wee nweta ọnọdụ na ụlọ Cooley n'azụ onye iro, nke mere na ọ ga-eme ka agha ahụ na oge a kara aka, a nyekwara ya ntụziaka, n'ịga n'ihu na mbuso agha, ịkwaga maka ụlọ dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke ndagwurugwu Pike. akpọrọ "Belle Grove House," ebe a maara na isi ụlọ ọrụ Sheridan dị. - Onye ndu maara obodo na okporo ụzọ ahụ, e nyere iwu ka ezigara General Gordon, na Kọl-
