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46 Arụmọrụ na LYNCHBURG.

n'ebe ayi nọ, ma, mb͕e o ruru n'abali ngwa ngwa, ọ batara n'ọmuma-ulo-ikwū n'ihu anyị.*

Mgbe m rutere na Lynchhurg, enyerela iwu maka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ laghachite ozugbo oi ụgbọ oloko maka ndị agha m fọdụrụ, na Atụrụ m anya na ọ ga-erute n'ụtụtụ nke abalị iri na ise, mana o mere Agaghị Lynchburg ruo mgbe chi ehihie nke ụbọchị ahụ. Ike dinta buru ibu nke ukwuu karịa nke m nwere adịla, ọbụrụ na o mechaala, ma dịka o siri bụrụ nke kachasi ike. quence na ndị agha na Richmond na ọ na-ekwesịghị ịbanye Lynchburg, ahụghị m ihe ziri ezi n'ịwakpo ya ruo mgbe [ nwere ike ime ya na atụmanya ziri ezi nke ịga nke ọma. Enwere m afọ ojuju Ya mere, mụ onwe m na-eme ihe nchebe na 18th, na-atụba ndị agha Breckenridge na akụkụ nke ngwa agha ya ahịrị n'ihu, ebe nke ahụ General Hill nakweere w^as oc- ndị agha ịnyịnya na-agbapụ na ndị agha oge niile chịkọtara. N'ụbọchị ahụ, a na-agba égbè na mgbawa n'akụkụ ahịrị, na, n'ehihie, a wakporo ahịrị anyị, n'aka nri nke turnpike, nke mara mma ndị iro juru ya anya nke ukwuu. Ihe ngosi - A na-enyocha tion nke ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro n'okporo ụzọ ọhịa Site na 'akụkụ nke ndị agha Breckenridge n'okpuru Wharton, na Mc- Ndị agha Causland.

Na mbata nke ụgbọ ala si Richmond ụbọchị a. Isi Ọchịagha Elzey na Ransom gbara akwụkwọ maka ọrụ, nke mbụ ka nye ndị agha ụkwụ na ndị agha ịnyịnya rịgoro n'elu Brecken iwu-

  • Oge igbu oge dinta n'ịga n'ihu site na Staunton bụ ihe dị ịrịba ama, na

naanị nwere ike ịza ajụjụ site n'eziokwu ahụ, na itinye aka na obere omume ọjọọ na iwe megide ụmụ amaala nke onwe bụ ihe dabara n'ọdịdị ya karịa nkwuwa okwu arụ ọrụ na ngalaba. O meriri obere ike Jones na Piedmont gbasara kilomita iri site na Staunton, na fStb, wee jikọta ya na Crook na 8th, ma ọ eruteghị n'ihu Lynchburg ruo n'abalị na 17tb. Ụzọ ahụ site na Staunton gaa Lynchburg nke o siri kwaga, nke Lexington bu, Buchanan, ọnụ ọnụ Otter, na nnwere onwe, dị ihe dị ka otu narị kilomita na nsogbu. tance. Ọ bụ ezie na McCausland egbuola oge ọganihu ya site n'idebe mgbe niile n'ihu bis, mana ọganihu dị ike gaara ewepụla nke McCausland obere ike, na Lynchburg, ya na ụlọ nrụpụta ya niile na ụlọ ahịa gaara ada tupu enyemaka abịarute. Ụzọ na-esote gafere akụkụ ka ukwuu nke otu ụzọ ahụ gosiri ka e si were Hunter were were.