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MAA KA LYNCHBURG. 43

maka ọrụ. Ọ nọwo na-arụsi ọrụ ike ma na-agwụ ike na ubi ọgu ubọchi abua, we kenye aka n'ihe uku nile agha site n'ime ọhịa ruo n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri oyi, na-akwado nke ukwuu nnukwu mfu na Spottsylvania C.H., ebe ọ tụfuru ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu ngalaba dum, gụnyere ọchịagha ya, Major-General Johnson, onye a tụrụ mkpọrọ. Nke Brigadier-Generals na ya na mmalite mkpọsa ahụ, naanị otu ọzọ onye na-achị ndị agha brigade ya. Abụọ (Gordon na Ramseur) e mere Major-General; otu (G. H. Steu- art) e jidere; anọ (Pegram, Hays, J. A. Walker, na R. D. Johnston) e merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu; na anọ (Stafford, J. M. Jones, Daniel, na Doles) egburu na ime ihe. Ikpughe ihu igwe mgbe niile, oke ọkọnọ nke ndokwa, na ọrụ izu abụọ na swamps n'ebe ugwu nke Chickahominy kwuru gbasara ahụ ike nke ndị ikom ahụ. Nkeji- sions adịghị ike karịa brigades kwesịrị ịdị, ma ọ bụ brigades karịa regiments.

N'ụtụtụ nke 13th, na o'ch abụọ) ck, anyị na-aja- zọda ije; na, na 16th, rutere na Rivanna Osimiri, dị nso na Charlottesville, na-aga ihe karịrị kilomita iri asatọ n'ime ụbọchị anọ.*

Site na Louisa C.H. ezipụla m ozi na Gordonsville, a ga-ebuga ya, site na telegraph, na Breckenridge; na, na nke m mbata na Charlottesville, na I6th, ebe m gbagoro n'ihu ndị agha. Enwetara m telegram n'aka ya,

  • Na 15th., anyị gafere n'ala, nso Trevilian's depot, nke

Hampton na Sheridan lụrụ ọgụ, na 11th. na nke iri na abụọ. Hampton pụtara na- ferated Sheridan, na mgbe ahụ na-achụ ya. Grant na-ekwu, na akụkọ ya, na, na 11th., Sheridan chụpụrụ ndị agha ịnyịnya anyị * si n'ọhịa, na-agba ọsọ zuru oke;" na-ekwu, mgbe ọ gara n'ihu na Gordonsville, na 12th., "hụrụ onye iro ahụ ike site n'aka. ndị agha, n'azụ olulu égbè arụrụ nke ọma, ihe dị ka maịl ise site n'ebe ikpeazụ, ma dịkwa ike nke ukwuu ịwakpo nke ọma.."

Nke a bụ ihe osise mara mma nke ọma dịka enwere ike imepụta ya. Ebe ahụ abụghị onye agha na-agba ọsọ na arras nso ebe a na-eme ihe karịa ka ya na ndị agha General Lee, dị nso na Cold Harbor; na, " égbè-pita a rụrụ nke ọma " abụghị ihe ọzọ karịa ụgbọ okporo ígwè arụnyere n'ụzọ nke ndị agha ịnyịnya na-ejikarị hazie ha iji gbochie ebubo. Sheridan chefuru ụfọdụ n'ime ya Ndị agha ịnyịnya Hampton, rịgoro na-alụ ọgụ n'ụkwụ, maka ndị agha; na nke ekwuputara iji kpuchie mmeri ya.