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14 NKWUBIOKWU,
Na-akpali akpali site n'uju dị elu. Steeti North-Western nwere kwadoro nnukwu ìgwè ndị agha ije ozi otu narị ụbọchị, n'ime iji wepụta ndị agha ndị ọzọ na ndị agha na ọrụ obodo, na nke a nyeere Grant aka itinye ọtụtụ ndị agha n'ọhịa nke ọjọọ ejiri n'ọrụ n'ụdị ọrụ ahụ. A maara ya na ọ nọ na-enweta nkwado siri ike ruo n'oge ahụ nke ije ya na 4th nke May^ ma emesia; ka ọ were nkwupụta nke ike ya na 1st nke May, nke Stanton, na-eme adịghị ekpuchi ike dum nke o ji malite mkpọsa. Ọzọkwa, akụkọ odeakwụkwọ Stanton na-egosi na e nwere, na Ngalaba Washington na Middle Ngalaba, 47,751 ndị ikom dị maka ọrụ, isi akụkụ nke nke, ọ na-ekwu, a kpọrọ ya n'ihu mgbe mkpọsa ahụ gasịrị malitere, "iji rụkwaa mfu nke ndị agha nke Poto- mac;" na Grant kwuru na, na Spottsylvania Court House, " 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th [nke May,] bụ ihe jikọrọ ya. sumed na imegharị ma na-echere mbata nke mkwado- ments si Washington." Ya mere, ndị agha ya ga-enwerịrị ọnụ ọgụgụ ha fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ, ma ọ bụghị nke ukwuu, ndị ikom 200,000, tupu a A na-eme njikọ na Butler.
Na 4th nke Mee, a chọpụtara na Grant's Army na-aga n'ihu Germana Ford na Rapid an, nke dị kilomita iri ma ọ bụ iri na abụọ site n'aka nri anyị. Nke a ije nwere malitere n'abalị nke atọ, ndị iro ahụ wee nwee ihe ịga nke ọma na-ejide ụzọ ahụ, ma na-agafe agafe, dịka osimiri ahụ dị na-eche ya nche n'ebe ahụ nanị otu obere ndị agha ịnyịnya. Nke okporo ụzọ si Germana Ford gaa Richmond na-agafe Ụlọ ikpe Spottsylvania, na mgbe Grant mere nke ya na-agafe, ọ nọ na Richmond nso karịa General Lee. Site na Ụlọikpe Orange, nke dị nso nke General Lee isi ụlọ ọrụ, e nwere ụzọ abụọ fọrọ nke nta ka ha yikọrọ ọnụ na-agba ọsọ: ^ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na Fredericksburg - nke kacha nso na osimiri a na-akpọ "Ochie Stone Pike," na ndị ọzọ The Plank Road." Ụzọ si Germana Ford gaa Spottsylvania Ụlọ ikpe, gafere Stone Pike ochie na "Old Wilder- ness Tavern," aDd kilomita abụọ ma ọ bụ atọ n'ihu, ọ gafere Ụzọ Plank.
