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^0 AGHA NKE SPOTTSYLVANIA C. H*

na Brigadier General McGowan merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu, ebe ọ na-edu ndị brigades nke ha n'otu n'otu n'ọrụ; ma ndị brigade nile ezigara na enyemaka Ewell nwere nnukwu ahụhụ. N'ikpeazụ, n'otu ụbọchị ahụ, n'okpuru iwu nke General Lee, Lane's brigade nke Wilcox's division, na Mahone nke onwe brigade (n'okpuru Colonel Weisiger), tụbara n'ihu, maka ebumnuche ịkwaga n'aka ekpe, na ịwakpo akụkụ nke kọlụm nke onye iro nke mebiri ahịrị Ewell, iji belata nrụgide na ya, na, ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-ekwe omume, weghachite akụkụ nke eriri ahụ nke furu efu. Ndị brigade Lane malitere mmegharị ahụ ma ha agabeghị ebe dị anya, mgbe ha zutere ma wakpoo, n'ime osisi dị n'ihu m. ahịrị, 9th ozu, n'okpuru Burnside, na-arịgo elu ọgụ a salient n'ihu m. Lane weghaara ihe karịrị narị ndị mkpọrọ atọ, na ọkọlọtọ agha atọ, na mwakpo ọ wakporo akụkụ ndị iro, na-ewere ya na mberede, ihe ịrụ ụka adịghị ya na, nyere aka n'ụzọ anụ ahụ iji chụọ ya. Ndị brigade Mahone etinyeghị aka na ya. Kọlụm mbuso agha nke Lane zutere, gbagoro n'ebe dị anya nke ukwuu nke ndị otu Walker brigade nke Heth's division, n'okpuru Colonel Mayo, tupu achọpụta ya, ebe ọ bụ na osisi pine dị n'ihu. n'okpuru mkpuchi nke e mere ọganihu. Ọkụ dị arọ nke musketry sitere na brigade Walker, na Thomas 'nke dị n'aka ekpe ya, na ọkụ nke egbe egbe dị n'ahịrị Heth, meghere mmetụta dị egwu n'elu kọlụm agha ahụ, ma jiri ya chụghachi ya azụ. nnukwu ọnwụ, na-ahapụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ n'ihu ọrụ anyị. Okwu a mere n'okpuru anya General Lee n'onwe ya. N'ehihie, e mere mgbalị ọzọ iji mee njem ahụ a na-eche echiche, ya na ndị agha Mahone, na Cook's brigade nke ngalaba Heth, ka ndị agha ndị ọzọ nọ n'okpuru iwu m sochie ya; ma a chọpụtara na ndị iro nwere otu ahịrị ma ọ bụ karịa gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ n'ihu anyị, n'ọkụ nke a gaara ekpughere kọlụm dị n'akụkụ anyị. Ọzọkwa, ala dị n'etiti ahịrị dị oke nke siri ike, juputara na ndagwurugwu ndị siri ike ma kpuchie ya na osisi pine na uto ndị ọzọ; ma e chere na ọ dị mma