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AGHA ṄKE ỌDỤ ỤGBỌ MMỊRỊ OYI. 33

na ndị agha ya ruo mgbe anyị rutere n'apiti, bụ nke a pụrụ ịgafe nanị n'okporo ụzọ dị warara nke e ji ụgbụa gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ na-echebe. General Anderson ga-arụkọ ọrụ mụ na m, site na ịkwaga n'akụkụ nke ọzọ nke Matadaquean, ma nkewa ezigara maka nzube ahụ eruteghị ebe m malitere ruo n'abalị, n'ihi ya, a manyere m ịla ezumike nká n'ihi na ekpughere ọnọdụ m nke ukwuu.

N'echi ya (nke asaa), nyocha nke e mere n'ihu akara Anderson, gosipụtara na akụkụ ka ukwuu nke ya ekpughere, na, dị ka ntụziaka sitere n'aka General Lee, m kwagara n'ihu, na n'etiti ya na Matadaquean,ruo mgbe ray ọganihu e jidere site a ndagwurugwu na apiti nke gbochiri ọ bụla ọzọ ọganihu, ma ọtụtụ iberibe ngwá agha e meghere n'elu onye iro ọnọdụ na akụkụị na azu, ka amara a ije si Anderson's n'ihu, nke e nyere iwu ma. emebeghị; na n'abalị m lara ezumike nká ọnọdụ a n'azụ ahịrị anyị.

Kemgbe agha a na-alụ n'Ọzara, Grant mere ka ọ bụrụ omume na-adịghị agbanwe agbanwe iji kpuchie ihu ya, akụkụ ya na azụ ya. netwọk zuru oke nke ntinye, na mmegharị ya niile ka emere n'okpuru mkpuchi nke ọrụ ndị dị otú ahụ. Ya mere o siri sie ike inweta ya.

N’abalị iri na otu, e bufere iwu m n’azụ ahịrị Hill, dị nso na Mill Gaines; ma, n’abalị iri na abụọ, anatara m iwu ịkwaga, ya na ozu nke abụọ, gaa na Ndagwurugwu Shenadoah, izute Hunter. Ya mere, nke a mechiri njikọ m na mkpọsa sitere na Rapidan ruo ọsịmịrị James.

Mgbe m kwagara, n'ụtụtụ nke iri na atọ, Grant etinyelarị ndị agha ya ka ha sonyere Butler, na ọsịmịrị James,ọnọdụ nke ọ gaara eru, site na ogige ya dị n'ebe ugwu nke Rapidan, site na ụgbọ okporo ígwè na ụgbọ njem, na-enweghị ọnwụ nke nwoke. N'ịgbalị ịmanye ụzọ ya n'ala, ọ furu efu, n'ime egbu ma merụọ ahụ, ọtụtụ ndị nwoke karịa ndị agha General Lee niile; ma manyere ya ịkwụsị, n'obi nkoropụ, mgbalị iji ruo Richmond n'ụzọ ahụ.

  • Grant, n'ịkọwa njem ya site na ụlọ ịkpe Spottsylvania gaa nkwụsịtụ Hanover na-ekwu, sị: "Ma ndị iro ọzọ nwere ahịrị dị mkpụmkpụ, na ịnọ na ya.