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Mkpuchi Mgbasa Ozi Ndagwurugwu.
N'oge na-adịghị anya ka Rosser si na njem New Creek lọta, e zigara Colonel Munford na ndị agha Wickham na mpaghara Hardy na Pendleton, iji nweta nri maka ịnyịnya ya, na, ihu igwe oyi amalitela ugbu a iji gbochie ọrụ ihe n'ọhịa. E zipụrụ ngalaba atọ nke 2nd Corps, n'usoro, gaa n'ozuzu Lee, - ngalaba Wharton, ndị agha ịnyịnya, na ọtụtụ n'ime ogbunigwe ndị a na-ejigidere m.
Na 16th nke Disemba, a tiwara m ogige ahụ na New-Market, wee laghachi azụ n'ebe Staunton, maka ebumnuche nke iguzobe ndị agha m na ma ọ bụ nso Central okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè - Lomax's cavalry, ma e wezụga otu brigade hapụrụ ilele Ndagwurugwu Luray. , ebe ọ kwagara n'ofe Blue Ridge, ka ị nwee ike nweta nri nri. A hapụrụ ndị na-agba ịnyịnya n'ihu New-Market, a na-ejikwa nzirịta ozi telifon na-aga n'ihu ebe ahụ, site na ebe enwere nkwurịta okwu na ndagwurugwu dị ala, site n'ọdụ ụgbọ okporo ígwè dị na nsọtụ ugwu Massanutten Mountain, na Ashby's Gap na Blue Ridge, nke leghaara ogige ndị iro na obodo gbara ya gburugburu anya.
Ndị agha ahụ erutebeghị n'ogige ọhụrụ ha, mgbe ha nwetara ozi na ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro na-aga. Na 19th, ngalaba Custer si na Winchester kwaga Staunton, na, n'otu oge ahụ, abụọ ọzọ. Nkewa nke ndị agha ịnyịnya, n'okpuru Torbert ma ọ bụ Merrit, nke Front Royal na Chester Gap gafere na Gordonsville. Ozi nke a ezitere m site na mgbaama na telifon, ngalaba Wharton kwagara, na 20th, site n'oké mmiri ozuzo, gawa Harrisonburg, na Rosser nyere iwu ka ọ gaa n'ihu ya na ndị agha ịnyịnya niile ọ nwere ike ịnakọta. Nkewa Custer rutere Lacy's Spring, kilomita itoolu n'ebe ugwu Harrisonburg, na mgbede nke 20th, na, n'ụtụtụ echi tupu ụbọchị, Rosser,
usoro ọmụmụ dị obere ma bụrụ ihe a na-apụghị ịgbagha agbagha, mba ahụ dum ghekwara oghe n'ihu m, n'akụkụ m, na n'azụ m, n'oge mkpọsa m dum. Eziokwu ndị a adịghị ewepụ n'ikike nke mgbasa ozi General Jackson n'obere ogo, na ọ dị anya n'ebe m nọ na-anwa ikpuchi ama ama ya ọ nwetara nke ọma na nke kwesịrị ekwesị. Naanị ihe ha na-egosi bụ na e kwesịghị ikpe m ikpe n’ihi na emeghị m ihe o mere.
