MACH KA LYXCHBURG, na ịchụso HUNTER.
Na 12th nke June, mgbe 2nd Corps (Ewoll's) nke Ndị agha nke Northern Virginia nọ n'akụkụ Gaines' Mill, na N'azụ ahịrị Hill na Cold Harbour, enwetara m iwu ọnụ site na General Lee, ijide ozu, ya na abụọ n'ime batta- ọdụm ogbunigwe jikọtara ya, na njikere ịkwaga na Shenandoah Valley. Ndị agha Nelson na Braxton bụ ahọpụtara, ma e nyere Brigadier-General Long iwu ka ọ soro. pany me as Chief of Artillery. Mgbe ọchịchịrị gasịrị, n'otu ụbọchị ahụ, Ntuziaka ederede ka General Lee nyere m, nke nke a gwara m ka m kwaga, na ike a họpụtara, na Elekere 3 nke ụtụtụ echi, maka Ndagwurugwu, n'ụzọ Louisa C.H. na Charlottesville, na site na Brown's ma ọ bụ Swift Run Oghere dị na Blue Ridge, dị ka m nwere ike ịhụ ihe kacha mma; ka tie ike Hunter n'azụ, ma, ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-ekwe omume, bibie ya; wee kwaga na ndagwurugwu ahụ, gafee Potomac nso Lees- burg na Loudon County, ma ọ bụ na ma ọ bụ n'elu Harper's Ferry, dị ka m nwere ike ịhụ nke kacha eme ihe, ma yi Washington City egwu. A gwakwara m ka mụ na General Brecken kpakọrịta. ridge, onye ga-akwado m na mbuso agha Hun- ter, na njem ahụ na Maryland.
N'oge a, okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè na telegraph dị n'etiti Char- Ndị agha ịnyịnya gbubirila lottesville na Lynchburg site na ndị agha Hunter; na ndị dị n'etiti Richrnond na Ndị agha ịnyịnya Sheridan ebipụla Charlottesville, site na Ndị agha Grant; nke mere na enweghị nkwurịta okwu na Breckenridge. Hunter kwesịrị ịnọ na Staunton ike ya dum, na Breckenridge kwesịrị ịbụ na Waynesboro, ma ọ bụ Rock-fish Gap. Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị otú ahụ, ụzọ nke General Lee họpụtara ga-ebu m banye Ndagwurugwu dị n'azụ Hunter.
Ndị agha nke abụọ ugbu a nwere ntakịrị ihe karịrị 8,000 muskets
