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             OGWU CEDAR KIRIK. 

ebe ọ nọ n'ebe ahu. Ọ dara azụ na-enweghị mmejọ n'ọkwa mbụ ya, wee guzobe ahịrị ya na Stony Creek, gafee Columbia Furnace ruo Edinburg, kilomita asaa n'okpuru Ugwu Jackson. Ndị agha m ndị ọzọ kwụsịrị na Ahịa Ọhụrụ, nke dị ihe dị ka kilomita asaa site n'Ugwu Jackson, e nwekwara otu obodo mepere emepe n'etiti ebe abụọ ahụ, ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ha na-ahụ ibe ha.

Lomax kwagara, n'ụbọchị agha ahụ, n'okporo ụzọ Front Royal chere Winchester, n'echiche na a na-amanye onye iro ahụ ịlaghachi n'ebe ahụ, ma ọ emeghị ka ọ laghachi azụ. bia m. Mgbe ọ chọpụtara ngbanwe nke mere na njedebe nke ụbọchị ahụ, ọ lara ezumike nká na Ndagwurugwu Luray gaa n'ọkwa mbụ ya na Millford, na-enweghị mmetọ.

Ọnwụ m n’agha Cedar Creek bụ ogbunigwe iri abụọ na atọ, ụfọdụ ngwá agha na ụgbọ ọgwụ na ụgbọ ala ambulance, bụ́ ndị e bugara n’ihu maka iji ndị agha nọ n’ọhịa, ihe dị ka 1860 gburu na merụọ ahụ? na ihe karịrị 1,000 ndị mkpọrọ. Major General Ramseur dabara n'aka ndị iro merụrụ ahụ, na n'ime ya, ọ bụghị naanị iwu m, mana obodo ahụ nwere nnukwu mfu. Ọ bụ onye uwe ojii na-anụ ọkụ n'obi nke ukwuu, onye ọdachi ọ bụla tụrụ n'anya, ma obi ike na ume ya yiri ka ọ̀ na-enweta ọhụrụ.

• Grant na-ekwu n'akụkọ ya banyere agha Cedar Creek: "E meriri ndị iro ahụ na nnukwu ogbugbu, na mfu nke ọtụtụ ngwa agha ya na ụgbọ oloko ya, na trophies o weghaara n'ụtụtụ - Mbibi nke usoro ya. gbapụrụ n’abalị, wee gbaga n’ụzọ Staunton na Lynchburg. Achụpụrụ n’Ugwu Jackson.” Stanton, bụ́ onye o yiri ka ọ̀ bụ ọrụ ya imeziwanye ihe nile Grant kwuru, na-ekwu, sị: “A chụrụ ndị agha iro ahụ e meriri n’agha gaa n’Ugwu Jackson, bụ́ ebe ọ bịarutere n’enweghị usoro ndị agha ya a haziri ahazi. Ngwá agha ya nile, na puku kwuru puku ndị mkpọrọ dabara n’aka Sheridan. Ihe ịga nke ọma ndị a mechiri ọrụ ndị agha na Ndagwurugwu Shenandoah, ndị agha nnupụisi apụtakwaghị n'ebe ahụ ọzọ n'oge agha ahụ. ^ Nlezianya nke nkwupụta ndị a, nke Grant na Stanton, ga-apụta trom akụkọ a dị n'elu, yana site na m na-esote. Arụ ọrụ na Ndagwurugwu Shenandoah- A ga-ekwere na mkpọmkpọ ebe nke ndị agha m, bụ ndị gbapụrụ n'oké ụjọ n'ihu ndị na-achụ ya, bu ndị mkpọrọ 1500 si n'ọgbọ agha ahụ, bụ ndị e zigara na Richmond - emesia chere ndị agha Sheridan n'ebe ugwu Cedar Creek ihu. , ruo ụbọchị abụọ, na-ebusoghị ya agha, ma zipụ njem ndị weghaara ọkwa abụọ dị mkpa, nwere ihe karịrị ndị mkpọrọ 1000 na ọtụtụ ngwa agha, na oke nke iwu Sheridan? Ma otú ahụ ka ọ dị.