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AGHA NKE SPOTTSYIVANNIA C. H. SO

Aka nri, wee kpuchie okporo ụzọ Fredericksburg, yana okporo ụzọ na-esi na ulo ikpe Spottsyivannia gafee Ny banye n'okporo ụzọ si Fredericksburg ruo njiko Hanover. Wilcox nọ n'aka ekpe m jikọtara ya na Ewell, ma heth sonyeere ya. Ndị iro agbatịla ahịrị ya gafee okporo ụzọ Fredericksburg, mana ọ nweghị ọgụ n'ihu a na nke iri ma ọ bụ nke iri na otu, ewezuga ụfọdụ ogbunigwe..

N'ehihie nke iri na otu , ndị iro na-egosi n'aka ekpe anyị, n'elu Po, dị ka a ga-asị na ha ga-enweta Osisi ndo. na ụzọ si ebe ahụ gaa na ulo ikpe Louis. General Hampton kọrọ otu kọlụm nke ndị agha na-agbago na Po, ma General Lee nyere m iwu ka m weghara Osisi ndo, site n'ìhè n'ụtụtụ echi, ma jide ya megide ndị iro. Iji nyere aka na nzube ahụ, a na-ebugharị brigades abụọ nke ngalaba Wilcox, (Thomas' na Scales') site n'aka nri, na Mahone nyere iwu ka ọ gaa n'ihu ìhè na osisi ndo; ma n'ime abalị, a chọpụtara na mmegharị ahụ n'aka ekpe anyị dị ntakịrị, ma na e nwere ezigbo mmegharị nke ndị iro na-aga n'aka nri anyị.

Tupu chi ọbụbọ n'ụtụtụ nke iri na abụọ, e weghachiri ya ndị brigades Wilcox, na mgbe chi bọrọ, ngalaba Mahone kwagara n'aka nri, na-ahapụ ndị agha Wright nke ngalaba ahụ iji kpuchie ngafe nke Po onField n'aka ekpe. N'ụtụtụ a, ndị iro ahụ wakporo ihu Ewell nke ukwuu, ma mebie ahịrị ebe Johnson nọ na ya. nkewa. Otu akụkụ nke ndị agha ahụ kpuchiri n'ahịrị Johnson gaa n'aka ekpe Wilcox, wee lelee ya site na mmegharị ngwa ngwa n'akụkụ nke Brigadier General Lane, bụ onye nọ na ya. n'akụkụ ahụ. Ozugbo a nụrụ mgbagbu ahụ, General Wilcox zigara ndị brigades Thomas na Scales ka ha nyere Lane aka, ha bịarutere ka ndị brigade Lane chụpụrụ ndị iro a, ma ha chụpụrụ ya obere oge. Ozugbo ngalaba Mahone si n'aka ekpe bịarutere, ndị agha Perrin na Harris nke ngalaba ahụ, ma emesịa, e zigara ndị otu McGowan brigade nke ngalaba Wilcox. nye aka General Ewell, ma e mere ya n'ọrụ n'okpuru iwu ya. Egburu Brigadier General Perrin,