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MARCH ala Ndagwurugwu. 53

ụkwụ efu ma ọ bụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ, na ezipụla ozi site na Salem sitere na com-ier, yana Lynchburg site na telegraph, nye Richmond, na-arịọ ka e ziga akpụkpọ ụkwụ na Staunton, mana ha erutebeghị.

A natara telegram ọzọ ebe a site n'aka Gen. Lee, na-ekwu na ọnọdụ nke iwu mbụ m dị e nyere agbanweela, ma nyefee ya ọzọ na ikpe m, na agbanwe ọnọdụ nke ihe, ma ije ala na Ndagwurugwu na gafee Potomac kwesịrị ime. nnweta- sion na iwu m sitere n'aka ndị agha Breckenridge abụbeghị dị ka General Lee chere na ọ ga-adị, n'ihi ya Nhazi nke sitere na mmeri Jones meriri na Piedmont, na mmegharị ngwa ngwa na-esote Lynchburg site na Rock- Azụ Gap, ma m kpebisiri ike na-eme ihe mbụ imewe na ihe egwu nile, na telegraph nye General Lee ebumnuche m gaa n'ihu na mmegharị ahụ.

A maliteghachiri njem a n'abalị iri abụọ na asatọ na nri ụbọchị ise n'ime ụgbọ ala na ụbọchị abụọ n'ime ụgbọ ala, ụgbọala efu na-ahapụ ka iweta akpụkpọ ụkwụ mgbe ha rutere. Imboden bụ ezitere site na Brock's Gap na Great North Mountain na Ndagwurugwu nke ngalaba ndịda nke Potomac, ya na brigade ya nke ndị agha ịnyịnya na batrị ogbunigwe nke ịnyịnya, ibibi ụgbọ oloko- okporo ụzọ n'elu iyi ahụ na àkwà mmiri niile dị na Bahi- ọzọ na Ohio okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè si ebe ahụ ruo Martinsburg. Nke A rụziri eriri telifon na New-Market ka anyị na-aga gbadaa Ndagwurugwu, na nkwukọrịta na-aga n'ihu na nke ahụ site n'ọdụ mgbaàmà. Na 2nd nke Julaị anyị rutere Winchester,*

  • N'ụbọchị a, anyị gafere Newtown ebe ọtụtụ ụlọ, gụnyere

nke onye ụkọchukwu Methodist, nke iwu Hunter gbara ọkụ, n'ihi na ewezuga iwu Mosby wakporo ụgbọ oloko nke akụrụngwa maka ndị agha Sigel, n'ebe a. Iwu mbụ e nyere bụ ka a gbaa obodo ahụ dum ọkụ, ma onye uwe ojii ezigara ka e gbuo ya nupụrụ isi n’iwu obi ọjọọ nke onye ka ya nyere ya, e zigakwara onye ọzọ nke gburu ya n’ụzọ ụfọdụ, mgbe ọ manyesịrị ndị mmadụ iyi ikwesị ntụkwasị obi nye ya. United States iji chekwaa ụlọ ha. Ndị agha Mosby, n'agbanyeghị na ndị iro kpọrọ 'guerillas', bụ ọgbakọ na-eme mgbe niile na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ Ndị agha Confederate, ma na-eje ozi naanị n'ọrụ dịpụrụ adịpụ n'okpuru iwu Geneml Lee. Mwakpo a wakporo ụgbọ oloko bụ agha ziri ezi, na iwu ka a gbaa Newtown ọkụ, na ọkụ nke ụlọ ndị a kpọtụrụ aha bụ ndị obi ọjọọ, obi ọjọọ, enweghị ezi ihe kpatara ya, na ụjọ..