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             OGWU CEDAR KIRIK. 

megidere nkewa nke 6th Corps n'aka ekpe nke Valley Pike, na, mgbe njikọ aka dị nkọ, chụpụrụ ya azụ na isi nke ozu ahụ, bụ nke dị n'ihu ha n'ọnọdụ siri ike. Ha gwakwara m na nkewa ha nọ n'ahịrị na-eche ndị agha nke isii ihu, mana na enwere ohere n'ahịrị dị n'aka nri ha nke ekwesịrị ijupụta. M nyere iwu ka ngalaba Wharton gaa n'ihu n'otu oge, wee duzie Generals Ramseur na Pegram ka ha tinye ya ebe achọrọ ya. N'ime obere oge, na mgbe m na-agba mbọ ịchọpụta Ahịrị ndị iro site na nzuzo, ngalaba Wharton laghachiri na mgbagwoju anya, na General Wharton gwara m na, n'ịga n'ihu n'ọnọdụ nke Generals Ramseur na Pegram gosipụtara ya, a chụpụrụ ngalaba ya. azụ site na 6th corps, nke o kwuru, na-aga n'ihu. O gosiputara uzo o siri na ndi iro na-aga, na ufodu ogbunigwe, nke siri gbagote. e webatara n'ọrụ. N'oge na-adịghị anya, ikuku ahụ bilitere nke ọma ka anyị hụ ebe ndị iro nọ n'elu ugwu dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ Middletown, a chọpụtakwara na ọ siri ike. Mgbe ọ chụpụrụ ngalaba Wharton, o nwebeghị ọganihu, mana jiri ngwa agha meghee anyị, e wee nye iwu ka anyị tụkwasị ya egbe egbe anyị niile. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ndị agha ịnyịnya na-aga n'ihu na Pike, na site n'ọhịa gaa n'aka nri nke Middletown, si otú a na-etinye aka nri na azụ anyị n'ihe ize ndụ dị ukwuu, na Wharton nyere iwu ka ọ guzobe nkewa ya ozugbo, ma were ọnọdụ ijide. ọgu-ọgu-ọgu-ọgu-mgbẹja onye-ishi-ozhi ono. Wofibrd brigade nke ngalaba Kershaw, nke kewapụrụ na brigades ndị ọzọ, ka enyere iwu maka otu ebumnuche ahụ. Na-achọpụta na enweghị ike ibuso ozu nke isii ọgụ n'akụkụ aka ekpe ya, n'ihi na ọbịbịa nke ụzọ ahụ bụ site na oghere mepere emepe na gafee. iyi mmiri na-asọ oyi nke nwere ụlọ akụ miri emi, m na-eduzi Captain Powell, na-eje ozi na ndị ọrụ General Gordon", bụ onye gbagoro n'ebe m nọ mgbe a na-etinye ngwá agha ahụ n'ọnọdụ, ịgwa General ka ọ gaa n'ihu n'akụkụ aka nri nke onye iro, ma wakpo ya na njikọ. ya na Kershaw, mgbe nnukwu ọkụ nke ogbunigwe dị meghere site n'aka nri anyị; mana dịka Captain Powell kwuru na o meghị