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          OGWU CEDAR KIRIK. 

mara ebe General Gordon nọ, ma kwupụta ụfọdụ obi abụọ banyere ịchọta ya, ozugbo ọ malitere, ezigara m Lieutenant Page, nke ndị ọrụ nke m, na iwu maka ma General Gordon na Kershaw ka ha mee mwakpo ahụ. N'ime obere oge Colonel Carter lekwasịrị anya egbe 18 ma ọ bụ 20 na ndị iro, n'oge na-adịghịkwa anya ọ ga-ala azụ. Ramseur na Pegram gara n'ihu ozugbo n'ebe a chụpụrụ onye iro ahụ, ma mgbe ahụ ndị agha ịnyịnya ya malitere ịpị aka nri. na ngalaba Pegram ka e nyere iwu ịkwaga n'ebe ugwu Middletown, ma were ọnọdụ gafee Pike megide ndị agha ịnyịnya. Lieutenant Page alọtala ma gwa m na o nyere General Kershaw iwu m, mana nke ikpeazụ gwara ya na ngalaba ya anọghị n'ọnọdụ ha ga-ebuso agha ahụ, n'ihi na ọ gbasasịrị nke ukwuu, ma e nwere ndị agha ịnyịnya na-eyi ya egwu. n'ihu. Lieutenant Page kwukwara na ya ahụla ngalaba Gordon na ngbanwe azụ nke Kershaw, na na ọ gbasakwara nke ukwuu, na o nyefeghị General Gordon iwu ahụ, n'ihi na ọ hụrụ nke ahụ. ọbụghị nkewa ya ma ọ bụ ndị Kershaw nọ n'ọnọdụ igbu ya. Ozugbo Pegram kwagara, e nyere Kershaw iwu site n'aka ekpe ka ọ weta ebe ya. M wee gbaga Middletown ime ndokwa megide ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro, ma chọpụta nnukwu ozu ya na-eyi egwu akụkụ ahụ nke ukwuu, bụ́ nke ekpughere nke ukwuu. A na-etinye ngalaba Wharton na ndị agha Wofford n'ọnọdụ aka nri Pegram, na ọtụtụ ebubo nke ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro ka a jụrụ. Enweghị m ndị agha ịnyịnya n'akụkụ ahụ ma e wezụga obere obere brigade Payne, bụ ndị so Gordon, ma mee ụfọdụ ndị mkpọrọ na ụgbọ ala. Lomax abịabeghị, mana enwetara m ozi sitere n'aka ya, na-agwa m na ọ gafere osimiri ahụ mgbe oge ụfọdụ gasịrị site n'aka ndị agha ịnyịnya na-eche ya nche, m zigara ya ozi na-achọ ka ọ kwaga Middletown ngwa ngwa o kwere mee, ma. , dị ka 1 mechara chọpụta, ọ nataghị thai, ozi. Rosser wakporo ndị iro ngwa ngwa n'oge a kara aka, mana o nwebeghị ike iju ya anya, ebe a hụrụ ya na nche n'akụkụ ahụ, obi abụọ adịghị ya na ọ bụ ya. mgbalị na mberede n'abalị nke 16th. Enwere