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N'otu aka ahụ, e hibere brigade n'ahịrị dị nso na nsọtụ ọhịa nke aka nri ndị iro na-ezu ike, yana Johnston's n'azụ, na-enye iwu ịgbaso Gordon na irube isi n'iwu ya. Etinyere m Adjutant General, Major John W. Daniel, ya na onye na-ebu ozi, n'ọnọdụ Gordon ga-agwa m, ka m wee gwa m maka ịga nke ọma n'ịga mmegharị ahụ, ma mee ka m nwee ike itinye na brigades ndị ọzọ n'aka nri. Ozugbo Gordon malitere, nke dị obere oge tupu anyanwụ daa, agbagoro m n'ahịrị m wee tụpụ ndị brigade Pegram. n'ọnọdụ ịkwagharị mgbe achọrọ ya. Ka ọ dị ugbu a Gordon agbaala mbọ, na, mgbe ndị brigade Pegram nọ n’ịbụ ndị e hiwere n’ahịrị, ahụrụ m ụfọdụ ndị ikom Gordon ka ha na-alọghachi na mgbagwoju anya, na Colonel Evans, nke 31st Georgia Regiment, na-agbalịsi ike ịchịkọta ha. Colonel Evans gwara ya m na ndị agha ya, nke dị n'aka nri Gordon, nwere tie ihe-obi nke onye-iro,were wezuga onwe-ya. M nyere iwu ozugbo ndị brigade Pegram ka ha gaa n'ihu, ma gwa Colonel Evans ka o duzie ya. Ọganihu ya sitere n'obere ahịhịa dị n'okpuru mmiri, mana ọ gafere n'okporo ụzọ ahụ na-agafe Ahịrị Johnston, wee kụgbuo ọrụ ndị iro, na otu n'ime ndị agha, 13th Virginia, n'okpuru Colonel Terrill, nwetara akụkụ nke ahịrị ahụ, mgbe Colonel Hoffman nyere iwu. ndị brigade ịla ezumike nká, ka chi na-agba, ma enwere nnukwu mgbagwoju anya nke ihe isi ike nke ọganihu ahụ kpatara. Gordon kụgburu akụkụ aka nri onye iro n'azụ ọrụ ara, na akụkụ nke ndị agha ya tụbara n'ọgba aghara. Na-aga site n'ime ọhịa, Johnston ama obliqued nke ukwuu na gafere n'aka ekpe Gordon, na-aga n'azụ ndị iro. Major Daniel, na-anụghị site na Gordon, agbaala mbọ iru ya, mgbe, n'ịchọta ọnọdụ nke ihe, ọ nwara iduga otu n'ime Pegram's regiments nye ya aka, na bụ. gbagburu mgbe ọ na-akpa àgwà dị oke egwu, na-anata ọnya n'ụkwụ nke nwere nkwarụ na-adịgide adịgide. N'agbanyeghị mgbagwoju anya dị n'akụkụ akụkụ nke ndị agha ya, Gordon, nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'itinye akụkụ aka nri nke onye iro n'ime nnukwu mgbagwoju anya, na-ejide ndị ọchịagha brigadier abụọ (Seymour na Shaler), na ọtụtụ narị ndị mkpọrọ, ndị niile nke 6th Corps, n'okpuru
