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chere ihu Mechanicsville na banye Chickaliominy. Brigadier General Ramseur nke ngalaba Rodes, bụ ụbọchị a ka ekenyere onye isi nke ngalaba m. Ndi agha Ewell, nke abụọ ndi agha nke Northern Virginia, ugbu a na-erughị 9,000 muskets maka ọrụ, ọnwụ ya, na iri na abụọ nke May, ebe ọ dị oke arọ.
Na iri abụọ na itoolu, ndị iro gafeworo Toltopotomoy, (osimiri nke na-aga n'ebe ugwu nke uka Pole Green, na n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ- na Pamunkey,) pụtara n'ihu m n'okporo ụzọ abụọ ahụ, ma enwere ụfọdụ ọgụ, mana enweghị ọgụ siri ike.
N'ehihie nke iri atọ, dịka iwu si n'aka General Lee, akwagara m n'aka nri gafee Beaver Dam, gaa n'okporo ụzọ si uka ochie gaa Mechanicsville, ya mere n’ụzọ ahụ chere Nzukọ-nsọ ochie, ruo mgbe anyị rutere Nzukọ-nsọ Bethesda. N'ebe a onye iro zutere, na nke ya Ndị agha nọ n'okporo ụzọ ahụ, ndị ngalaba Rodes chụpụrụ n'okporo ụzọ si n'akụkụ akuku Hundley, nke jikọtara ya na okporo ụzọ Mechanicsville, ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Ụka Bethesda. E zigara ndị brigade Pegram, n'okpuru iwu nke Colonel Edward Willis nke ndị agha Georgia nke iri na abụọ, na otu n'ime ndị agha Rodes n'aka nri ya, ka ha nwee mmetụta onye iro, ma chọpụta ike ya; ma, izute na a arọ ike n'azụ ọrụ ara, a manyere ya ịla ezumike nka, na mfu nke ụfọdụ ndị ọrụ na ndị nwoke bara uru, na n'etiti ha bụ Colonel Willis, merụrụ ahụ n'anwụ anwụ, na Colonel Terrill nke usoro iri na atọ nke Virginia, na Lieutenant Colonel Watkins nke 52nd Virginia Rejiment, gburu. Ihe omume a gosiri na ndị iro na-akwaga n’akụkụ aka nri anyị, n’abalịkwa, m na-esi n’ụzọ Mechanicsville pụọ n’ebe dịtụ anya ma jiri ike m kpuchie ya. Mgbe m mere mmegharị ahụ site na Hundley bịara, ọnọdụ m n'ebe ahụ bụ akụkụ nke Ndi agha Longstreet, n'okpuru Anderson.
N'ụtụtụ echi ya, e debere ndị agha m n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Beaver Dam n'ofe okporo ụzọ Mechanicsville, mana Rodes mechara kwaga n'akụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke iyi ahụ.
Ntugharị Grant n'aka nri anyị, chere ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri, bụ
