Arụ ọrụ na 1865,
Na 2nd nke Jenụwarị 1865, 1 nwere mkparịta ụka ya na Gen.Lee na Richmond, gbasara ihe isi ike nke ọnọdụ m na Ndagwurugwu, ma ọ gwara m na ọ hapụla m ebe ahụ na obere iwu nke ka dị, iji wepụta. nke echiche na ike ahụ dị nnọọ ukwuu karịa ka ọ dị n'ezie, o nyekwara m ntụziaka ime ihe nile m pụrụ ime.
Tupu m lọta na Richmond, Rosser malitere, na n'etiti 300 na 400 ndị agha ịnyịnya, maka post nke Beverly na Western Virginia, na, na 11th, tụrụ anya ma weghara ebe ahụ, na echekwa ihe karịrị narị ndị mkpọrọ ise na ụfọdụ ụlọ ahịa. E mere njem a n'otu nnukwu ugwu obodo, n'etiti snow nke oyi siri ike na enweghị atụ. Ọnwụ Rosser dị nnọọ mfe, ma Lieutenant Colonel Cook nke ndị agha ịnyịnya nke 8th Virginia, onye ọrụ kachasị mma na nke ọma, tụfuru ụkwụ ya na mwakpo ahụ, a ghaghị ịhapụ ya.
Oké ọkọchị n'oge okpomọkụ nke 1864, mere ka ọka na Ndagwurugwu dị mkpụmkpụ nke ukwuu, na, dị ka Sheridan mebiri a bukwanu buru ibu nke obere ọka na hay. Achọpụtara m na ọ gaghị ekwe m omume ịkwado ịnyịnya ndị agha ịnyịnya na ndị agha m ebe ha nọ, a pụghịkwa isi ebe ọzọ nweta nri nri. Ya mere a manyere m izipu Fitz Lee brigades abụọ na General Lee, na ndị agha ịnyịnya Lomax si n'ofe Blue Ridge, bụ ebe mba ahụ gwụchara maka nri nri, ma ziga n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ na mpaghara Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Alleghany, na Greenbrier, ebe. enwere ike nweta hay. A ga achụsasị brigade Rosser nwa oge, ma kwe ka ndị ikom ahụ jiri ịnyịnya ha gaa n'ụlọ ha, ịkwado ha, na enye iwu ka ha kọọ akụkọ mgbe a kpọrọ ha. - Otu ụlọ ọrụ ma ọ bụ abụọ, ndị ụlọ ha dị ala
