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             OGWU CEDAR KIRIK. 

Iberibe ngwá agha ndị ahụ agwụla. Mgbe a na-eji égbè ndị ọzọ dochie nke ikpeazụ, ike nke fọdụrụ na Ramseur na Goggin nyekwara ohere. Nkewa Pegram na Wharton, na brigade WofFord ka fọdụrụ guzosie ike n'aka nri, ma guzogide mgbalị niile nke ndị agha ịnyịnya nke onye iro, ma ọ dịghị akụkụ nke ike a nwere ike ịkwaga n'aka ekpe na-ahapụghị Pike na-emeghe ndị agha ịnyịnya, nke gaara ebibi olileanya niile ozugbo. Mgbalị ọ bụla e mere iji kpọkọta ndị ikom nọ n'azụ dara ada, ọ dịghị ihe ọ bụla fọdụrụ m ugbu a ma ọ́ bụghị inye ndị agha a iwu ka ha laa ezumike nká. Mgbe ha malitere aga, n'oge na-adịghị anya, ọgba aghara ahụ rutere n'ebe ha nọ, ma General Pegram nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'iweghachite akụkụ nke iwu ya n'ofe Cedar Creek n'ọnọdụ a haziri ahazi, na-ejide ndị iro, ma obere ike a gbazere n'oge na-adịghị anya. Akụkụ nke Evans' brigade agbakọgoro n'azụ, wee jide ford n'elu akwa mmiri ahụ obere oge, mana ọ gbasoro ihe atụ nke ndị ọzọ. Agbalịrị m ịkpọkọta ndị ikom ahụ ozugbo m gafesịrị Cedar Creek, na na Hopp's Hill, mana enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma. Enwere ike ịgbakọta ndị ikom 500, n'otu n'ime ebe ndị a, ndị ga-eguzoro n'akụkụ m, enwere m afọ ojuju na a ga-azọpụtarịrị m ngwa agha m niile na ụgbọ agha na akụkụ ka ukwuu nke ngwa agha ndị e jidere, n'ihi na nchụso ndị iro na-esi ike. Dị ka ọ dị, àkwà mmiri dara n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ dị n'etiti Strasburg na Fisher's Hill, dị n'elu Strasburg, ebe ọ na-enweghị ụzọ njem ọzọ, si otú a na-egbochi ngwa agha, ngwá agha na ụgbọala ahụike, na ụgbọ ala ndị na-enweghị. gafere ebe ahụ; na, ebe ọ bụ na enweghị ike ichekwa ha, ha furu efu, otu obere ìgwè ndị agha ịnyịnya nke ndị iro na-ejide ha.

Akwụsịkwara akụkụ ka ukwuu nke ndị agha ahụ na Fisher's Hill, na Rosser, onye iwu ya lara ezumike nká n'ụzọ dị mma n'okporo ụzọ azụ, nyere ndị agha ịnyịnya ya iwu ruo mgbe ahụ. Nke Ndị agha ji ụkwụ laghachi azụ n'ahịa Ọhụrụ n'elekere atọ nke ụtụtụ na-esote, ma Rasser hapụrụ na Fisher's Hill iji kpuchie mgbagha nke ndị agha ahụ, ma jide ọnọdụ ahụ ruo mgbe ha nọ. gafere nchụso. Ọ nọgidere na Fisher's Hill ruo mgbe elekere iri na 20th gasịrị, ndị iro ahụ agakwaghị na nke ahụ.