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AGHA NKE SPOTTSYLVANIA LlVANIA C. H. 27

kwụsị mgbalị ahụ. Abụọ brigades nke ga-amalite mmegharị ahụ, tụbara n'ihu n'akụkụ abụọ nke okporo ụzọ Fredericksburg, na, na-agafe n'ahịrị abụọ nke ọrụ ara, na-agbachitere site n'ike siri ike nke ndị agha, mepụtara ịdị adị nke atọ na ọtụtụ ihe. ahịrị siri ike n'azụ, nke gaara enyela ihe mgbochi na-enweghị atụ maka ngagharị ngagharị a na-atụ aro Nke a mechiri ọrụ ndị ozu n'okpuru iwu m na ụbọchị iri na abụọ na-echefu echefu nke Mee.

N'agbata ụbọchị ahụ na ubochi nke iri na itoolu, ọ dịghị nnukwu ọgụ n'ihu m, ma ọtụtụ ndị iro na-emegharị ahụ. General Mahone mere nyocha abụọ ma ọ bụ atọ n'ihu, nke gosipụtara eziokwu ahụ bụ na ndị iro ji nwayọọ nwayọọ na-aga n'aka nri anyị. N'ime otu n'ime ha, ọ zutere otu ndị iro nke nwetara ụlọ Gayle, n'aka ekpe. n'okporo ụzọ ahụ si n'aka nri anyị na-aga n'okporo ụzọ Fredericksburg na nkwụsịtụ Hanover, bụ nke e debereburu akụkụ nke ndị agha ịnyịnya anyị, n'okpuru Brigadier General Chambliss, wee kpụghachi ya azụ gafee Ny.* Nlegharị anya ọzọ, nke mara mma nke Brigadier General Wright mere, onye e si n'aka ekpe kpọpụta, chọpụtara na nnukwu ndị iro dị n'etiti Ny na Po, n'ihu aka nri m, nke Mahone na-ejide, nọkwa n'akụkụ ebe ahụ. ụzọ chere ihu nkwụsịtụ Hanover. Iji zute a ije nke ndị iro, e si n’aka ekpe si n’aka ekpe wepụta ngalaba nke ubi ma debe ya n’aka nri m.*

N'ime nke iri na itoolu, General Ewell mere ngagharị megide ikike onye iro, na ime mgbanwe maka ihu ọma ya, a tụbara ndị brigade Thomas n'ihu, ma chụba ndị iro ahụ n'ime ya. na-arụ ọrụ n'ihu salient, nke a na-ebuso Burnside ọgụ na abuo nke iri na abụọ, ebe a na-ejide ozu niile.

• Osimiri Mattapony, nke, site na njikọ ya na Pamunkey, mebere Osimiri York, bụ nke a na-ejikọta na iyi anọ, nke a na-akpọ n'otu n'otu, "Mat," "Ta," "Po," na "Ny." The Ny dị n'ebe ugwu na n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke ulo ikpe Spottsylvannia, na n'azụ ya ndị iro mere ọtụtụ n'ime ya imegharị na ray n'ihu. Ọ na-ejikọta na Po, kilomita ole na ole n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na n'ebe ndịda nke ulo ikpe Spottsylvannia, na iyi abụọ ahụ na-esiri ike ịgafe, ewezuga ebe enwere àkwà mmiri.