MGBASA OZỊ ṄA VIRGINIA
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RAPIDAN RUO ṄA OSỊMỊRỊ JAMES
Okwu mmalite.
Na ubochi atọ nke may, 1864, ọnọdụ ndị agha kwekọrịta n'okpuru General Lee, na ndị agha Federal n'okpuru Lieutenant General Grant, na Virginia, bụ ndị a: General Lee jidere akụkụ ndịda nke Osimiri Rapidan, na Ọbọdọ Orọma, na nri ya na-ezu ike n'akụkụ ọnụ nke m na-agba ọsọ, na aka ekpe ya na-agbatị Liberty Mills n'okporo ụzọ si. Gordonsville (site na Ụlọikpe Madison) na ndagwurugwu Shenandoah; ebe ngafe nke osimiri n'aka nri, na okporo ụzọ ndị dị n'aka ekpe ka ndị agha ịnyịnya na-ekiri: Ṅdị agha Ewell, nọ n'aka nri. Hill's n'aka ekpe, na ngalaba abụọ nke ndi agha Longstreet nọ n'azụ, na nso Gordonsville. Ndị agha Grant (nke ndị agha nke Potomac mejupụtara n'okpuru Meade, na ndị agha nke itoolu n'okpuru Burnside,) nwere akụkụ ugwu nke osimiri Rapidan na Robinson; Onye isi a na-ama ụlọikwuu na ọbọdọ Culpepper, na n'akụkụ Osimiri Rappahannock.
Enwere m afọ ojuju na ndị agha General Lee agafeghị Ndị ikom 50,000 dị irè nke ogwe aka niile. Akụkọ nke odeakwụkwọ agha gọọmenti etiti, Stanton, na-egosi na "ike dị ugbu a maka ọrụ, May mbụ 1864," na ndị agha Grant, bụ 141,166, N'ihe gbasara: N'ime ndị agha nke Potomac 120,386, na nke itoolu 20,780. A na-eji ike na-amanye akwụkwọ a na United States, na ọrụ afọ ofufo abụrụla nke ukwuu
