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N'ehihie nke Machị 30, mgbe m nyefechara General Echols iwu, agbagoro m Marion na Smythe County, e were m oyi na ụkwara nke na eme ihe ike were were were were kpọga m abalị ahụ n'abalị ahụ iji mepụta ọbara ọgbụgba site na ngụgụ, ma kpọọ isiala nye m. ọtụtụ ụbọchị n'ọnọdụ dị oke egwu. Mgbe m nọ n'ọnọdụ a, nnukwu ndị agha ịnyịnya n'okpuru Stoneman. site na ndị agha Thomas na Tennessee, gafere North Carolina gaa n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ, ma akụkụ ya batara na Virginia site na kọlụm bụ isi, wee gbuo okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Virginia na Tennessee. na New River, n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Wytheville; Ebe, ka o mebisịrị akwa mmiri ahụ, ọ kwagara nkedo, bepụ nzikọrịta ozi niile ya na Richmond, wee gafee na North Carolina. Ozugbo m nọ n'ọnọdụ a ga-ebuga, e bugara m n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè na Wytheville, ma na esi ebe ahụ na aga n'ụlọ m, n'ime ụgbọ ihe mberede n'okpuru nlekọta nke dọkịta na awa ahụ, mgbe m natara, nke na atụghị anya ya, akụkọ banyere ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. nyefere ndị agha General Lee. Na enweghị ntakịrị mmetụta nke enweghị nkwanye ùgwù, m ga ekwu, na ụda opi ikpeazụ agaraghị abụ ihe na adịghị mma na ntị m.
N’okpuru mmetụta na akụda mmụọ nke akụkọ mwute m nwetara, agara m n’ụlọ m, ma emesịa enweta m akwụkwọ ozi sitere n’aka General Lee, nke e dere na 30th nke Maachị, na akọwa ihe mere eji napụ m n’iwu. Dịka e bipụtara akwụkwọ ozi ahụ na Virginia, na enweghị ihe ọmụma ma ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ ọ bụla n'akụkụ m, etinyere ya na akụkọ a. Akwụkwọ ozi ahụ n'onwe ya, nke e dere n'ụbọchị mmalite nke mbuso agha na ahịrị ndị agha General Lee nke kpatara nchụpụ nke Richmond, na nanị ụbọchị iri tupu ntọhapụ nke Army nke Northern Virginia, nwere mmasị akụkọ ihe mere eme; n’ihi na ọ na egosi na onye isi agha anyị, ọbụna n’oge ikpeazụ, nọ na atụsi anya ike ma na atụgharị uche maka ịga n’ihu nke mgba ahụ n’akwụsịghị akwụsị.
