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            Mkpuchi mkpọsa Ndagwurugwu,

enridge. Na 22nd nke Nọvemba abụọ. nkewa nke ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro gara n’Ugwu Jackson, mgbe ha kwọchara ụgbọ ịnyịnya anyị. Otu akụkụ ya gafere osimiri ahụ banye na ala Meem n'ala ala Rude's Hill, mana akụkụ nke ndị agha m chụpụrụ azụ, ha niile laghachiri azụ, na-achụ Wick ham brigade, n'okpuru Colonel Munford, na-achụ ya. Woodstock.

Na 27th, Rosser gafere Great North Mountain n'ime Hardy County, ya na nke ya na Payne's brigade, na, banyere 29th, tụrụ anya na weghara ebe e wusiri ike na New Creek. n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Baltimore na Ohio. N'ebe a, e jidere ndị agha ịnyịnya abụọ na ogwe aka ha na agba ha, ngwa agha asatọ na nnukwu ngwá agha, nna ukwu nkeji iri na ise, na ụlọ ahịa commissary dara n'aka anyị. Ndị mkpọrọ ahụ dị narị narị asatọ, ngwá agha anọ, na ụfọdụ ụgbọ ịnyịnya na ịnyịnya, bụ́ ndị e bupụtara, égbè ndị ọzọ, bụ́ ndị dị arọ nke nnọchibido, a na-awụpụ, na ha. ụgbọ ala na akụkụ ka ukwuu nke ụlọ ahịa ahụ mebiri emebi. Rosser wetakwara mmanụ ọtụtụ narị ehi na ọtụtụ atụrụ sitere na mpaghara Hampshire na Hardy.

Njem njem a mechiri ihe omume nke mkpọsa nke 1864 na ndagwurugwu Shenandoah, na, n'oge ahụ, ndị iro ahụ nwere kpọmkwem otu akụkụ nke ndagwurugwu ahụ, nke. ọ na-ejide tupu mmeghe nke mkpọsa ahụ n'oge opupu ihe ubi, ọ dịghịkwa ọzọ, na isi ụlọ ọrụ nke ndị agha ya nọ n'otu ebe ahụ: Winchester. Otú ọ dị, e nwere ọdịiche a: na mmalite nke mkpọsa ahụ, ọ na-eji ya tụnyere obere ike, na nso nso a, a manyere ya ka ọ were ndị agha atọ na otu ndị agha ịnyịnya, maka nzube ahụ, na ichebe ụzọ ndị ahụ. gaa Washington, Mary- ala, na Pennsylvania. Mgbe e kewapụrụ m na ndị agha General Lee, Hunter na-aga n'ihu na Lynchburg, 170 kilomita n'ebe ndịda Winchester, na ike dị ukwuu, na-eji nnukwu egwu na-eyi mgbasa ozi General Lee egwu. oké ize ndụ. Site na mmegharị ngwa ngwa, a tụbarala ike m na Lynchburg, n'oge na-adịghị anya ijide njem Hunter n'ebe ahụ, a chụpụrụ ya azụ ma manye ya.