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Arụmọrụ na LYNCHBURG. 45

na mgbanaka nkume ochie si Liberty na Bedford County site New London, ma Tmboden na-ekiri ya na obere ike nke ndị agha ịnyịnya.

Dịka General Breckenridge enweghị ike ịpụ, na re quest, General D.H. Hill, onye mere na obodo, nwere mere ndokwa maka nchekwa obodo, na ndị dị otú ahụ ndị agha dị ka ọ dị nso. Brigadier General Hays, onye bụ adịghị mma site na ọnya enwetara n'ụlọ ikpe Spottsylvannia Ụlọ, enyela ọrụ ya ma nyekwa aka n'ịmepụta ndokwa maka nchekwa. Mụ na General Hill gbagoro inyocha ahịrị nke ọ họpụtara, wee mee nyocha. ikike nke obodo n'ihu. Abụrụla obere ọrụ ngwa ngwa tụbara n'elu College Hill, na-ekpuchi turnpike na ọhịa okporo ụzọ si Liberty, nke Breckenridge na-elekọta ndị agha na-agba ọsọ na ndị agha mgbapụ nke iwu nke soro Jones nọrọ na Piedmont. Ihe nchekwa ahụ abaghị uru site n'ụlọ ọgwụ, na cadets si Military Institute na Lexington, nwere akụkụ ndị ọzọ nke ahịrị ahụ. Nnyocha afọ juru m na, mgbe nhazi a bụ nke kacha mma enwere ike ime n'okpuru ọnọdụ nke General Hill chọtara onwe ya, ma ọ ga-ahapụ obodo ahụ ka ekpughere ya Ọkụ nke ogbunigwe ndị iro, o kwesịrị ịga n'ihu na mbuso agha, ya mere m kpebisiri ike izute onye iro m ndị agha n'ihu.

Anyị hụrụ Imboden ihe dị ka maịl anọ n'okporo ụzọ awara awara. nso otu chọọchị Quaker ochie, bụ́ ebe ọ nọbu na ya nke nta nke nta na-amanye azụ site n'aka ndị agha ndị iro. Ndị agha m, ka ha rutere, e nyere iwu n'ihu ọrụ ka. bivouac, ma ezigara m ozi ozugbo ka ha pụọ n'ụzọ a, ndị brigades abụọ nke ngalaba Ramseur bịarutere dị nnọọ na oge na-atụba gafee okporo ụzọ, na a redoubt banyere maịl abụọ site n’obodo ahụ, dịka a chụpụrụ iwu Imboden azụ site na ọnụ ọgụgụ dị elu nke ukwuu. Ndị a brigades, na ngwa agha abụọ na redoubt, jidere ọganihu ahụ nke ndị iro, na ndị agha Ramseur ọzọ, na akụkụ nke ngalaba Gordon nke bịarutere, were ọnọdụ na otu ahịrị. Ndị iro ahụ meghere nnukwu mgbọ agha