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nke ndị agha ya, m gbagoro na ntụzịaka ndị ozu Ewell na-aga, wee gafere ya, obere oge tupu ụbọchị ahụ n'ụtụtụ nke ụbọchị iri abụọ na abụọ. Ndị agha Hoke, n'okpuru Lieutenant Colonel Lewis, sonyeere anyị ụbọchị taa site na Petersburg, e wee nye iwu ibufe ndị agha Gordon, ugbu a n'okpuru iwu Brigadier. General Evans, na ngalaba Johnson, nke etinyere n’okpuru iwu nke General Gordon, onye e meworo ka ọ bụrụ Major General. Nke a mere ka m bụrụ onye isi brigades atọ, dịka: Pegram's, Hoke's, na Johnston, bụ nke e belatara nke ukwuu n'ike. My Adjutant General, Major Daniel, enweela nkwarụ maka ndụ site na ọnya ọ nwetara n'ime ọhịa, na onye nyocha m General, Major Samuel Hale, merụrụ ahụ n'anwụ na ulo ikpe Spottsylvannia, na nke iri na abụọ, mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na nkewa ma na-eme ihe dị egwu n'oge nsogbu ahụ nke na-arụ ọrụ. mere ka ahịrị Ewell gbajiri. Ha abụọ bụụrụ m nnukwu mfu.
N'ụbọchị a, (iri abụọ na abụọ), anyị kwagara Ṅkwụsịtụ Hanover, na, N'echi ya, etinyere ngalaba m n'akụkụ aka nri nke ukwuu, na-ekpuchi ụgbọ mmiri abụọ ma ọ bụ atọ n'okpuru àkwà mmiri ụgbọ okporo ígwè gafere North Anna. Mgbe na Hanover Junction nkewa m etinyeghị aka. N'otu oge, a na-ebugharị ya n'aka ekpe anyị, maka nzube nke ịkwado akụkụ nke ahịrị na ya a tụrụ anya mbuso agha, wee laghachi azụ ọzọ n'achọghị ya. Edobere ya nwa oge n'aka ekpe nke ozu ahụ, na-ebelata nkewa Rodes na akụkụ nke Ubi. mgbe a na-emegharị ahịrị ahụ, wee were ọnọdụ n'aka nri ọzọ.
N'abalị nke iri abụọ na isii, ndị iro laghachiri ọzọ site n'ihu anyị.
• Na Nkwusitu Hanover General Lee sonyeere ngalaba Pickett nke ọgọlọgọ okporo ụzọ, yana Breckinridge nwere obere brigades abụọ nke ndị agha, yana a ụsụụ ndị agha. Ndị a, ya na brigade Hoke, bụ nkwado mbụ na naanị nkwado nke General Lee nwetara kemgbe mmalite nke mkpọsa ahụ. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, nnukwu ndị agha Grant, n'agbanyeghị uru ọ nwetara n'ụbọchị iri na abụọ nke May, enweela nkụnwụ, nke mere na a manyere ya ichere ụbọchị isii na ụlọ ịkpe Spottsylvannia maka nkwado sitere na Washington, tupu ọ maliteghachi iwe ahụ. Ndị agha Breckinridge dị ihe na-erughị 3000 muskets; ma, Grant na-etinye ya na 16000 ma ọ na-eme mgbalị na-enweghị isi iji mee ihe niile
