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OKWU MMEGHE. 15

Ozugbo o igbo a chọpụtara na mmegharị Grant bụ otu serion, e mere nkwadebe izute ya, na ndị agha nke General Lee's Army ka etinyere na ngagharị - Swell's ozu na-akpụ akpụ na Stone Pike ochie, na ozu Hill na Ụzọ Plank; n'ime nke ikpeazụ okporo ụzọ Longstreet nwekwara bịara, site n'ogige ya dị nso na Gordonsville.

Ndi corp nke Ewell, nke nkewa nke m toniya, gafere Ọsọ m, wee maa ụlọikwuu na Locust Grove, gafere kilomita anọ, n'ehihie nke ubosi anọ. Mgbe ndị corp ozo kwagara, a hapụrụ nkewa nkem na nke brigade Ramseur nke ngalaba Rodes ka ha na-ekiri fords nke Rapidan, ruo mgbe ahụ iru ala ndị agha ịnyịnya. Ozugbo e mere nke a, akwagara m n’ebe corp ndi ọzọ nọ,e bu m Ramseur sokwa Onwe m..

Ndi corp Ewell nwere ngalaba atọ nke ndị agha na-agba ọsọ, ka ọ bụrụ: Johnson's, Rodes', na nke m (Early's). N'oge a, otu nke ndị brigades m (Hoke's) anọghị ya, ebe onona nke Hoke na North Carolina; enwere m so naanị atọ, iji kwuo ya : Hays', Pegram's, Gordon. Otu n'ime ndị brigades Rodes (R.D. Johnston's) nọ na Hanover Junction. Enwere m ihe dị ka musket n’eru 4,000 maka ọrụ a; Johnson na banye otu nọmba; na Rodes (gụnyere ndị agha Johnston) ihe dị ka 6,000.