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44 MAA KA LYNCHBURG.

ya na Lynchburg, na-agwa m na Hunter abanyela mgbe ahụ Mpaghara Bedford, ihe dị ka maịl iri abụọ site n'ebe ahụ, na na-akpụ akpụ na ya.

Ụzọ ụgbọ oloko na telegraph n'etiti Charlottesville na Lynchburg e, ọ dabara nke ọma, ma ubé merụrụ site na ndi-agha ndi-agha, ma emewo ka ha dizie. Ebe dị anya - n’etiti ebe abụọ ahụ dị narị kilomita iri isii, ma e nweghị ụgbọ oloko na Charlottesville, ma e wezụga otu nke bụ nke Central okporo ụzọ, ma na-achọ ịmalite maka Waynesboro. Enyere m iwu ka ejidere nke a, ma duzie ya ozugbo, site na telifon. gram, ụgbọ oloko niile nke ụzọ abụọ a ga-ezitere m ha niile izipu, maka ebumnobi ibuga ndị agha m na Lynch- burg. Ụgbọ oloko ndị ahụ adịghị njikere iburu ndị agha ahụ osisi ruo mgbe anyanwụ wara n'ụtụtụ nke 17th, na mgbe ahụ naanị A rụnyere ya nke ọma ibu ihe dị ka ọkara nke ndị agha m. Nkewa Ramseur, otu brigade nke ngalaba Gordon, na A na-etinye akụkụ nke ọzọ n'ụgbọ okporo ígwè, ozugbo ha nọ dị njikere, wee malite maka Lynchburg. Nkewa nke Rods, na ihe fọdụrụ nke Gordon, ka e nyere iwu ịkwaga n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ ụgbọ oloko, izute ụgbọ oloko na nloghachi ha. Ngwa agha na ụgbọ oloko waggon amalitelarị n'okporo ụzọ nkịtị. n'ehihie.

M so na ngalaba Ramseur, na-aga n'ụgbọ okporo ígwè dị n'ihu, mana okporo ụzọ na igwe na-akpụ akpụ nọ n'ọnọdụ dị njọ nke na Eruteghị m Lynchburg ruo ihe dị ka elekere otu elekere mgbe e mesịrị- ehihie, na ụgbọ oloko ndị ọzọ ka e mesịrị. Ahụrụ m General Breckmridge n'ihe ndina, na-ata ahụhụ site na mmerụ ahụ natara ọdịda nke ịnyịnya gburu n'okpuru ya n'omume na nso Cold Harbour. O si na Rockfish Gap kwaga Lynchburg site na mmanye ije, ozugbo ngagharị nke Hunter chere ebe ahụ chọpụtara. Mgbe m gosiri ya ntụziaka m, ọ bụ ya ngwa ngwa na obi oma kwere nkwa ka mụ na ya na-arụkọ ọrụ, na-ejekwa ozi n'okpuru iwu m.

Ọganihu Hunter n'ihu Staunton egbochila ya site na a brigade nke ndị agha ịnyịnya, n'okpuru Brigadier General McCausland, nke ewereworo oké nka zùa, we debe ya n'ọnọdu-ya n'ihu n'ụzọ niile, ma a kọrọ na ọ na-aga n'ihu mgbe ahụ