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          Arụmọrụ na MARYLAND. 

site na ngalaba ya nke ọzọ, ugbu a n'okpuru Brigadier-General Echols, onye gbara akwụkwọ maka ọrụ.

Mgbe ọrụ ndị a na-aga n'ihu, McCausland ejirila Hagerstown, ma nye onyinye nke §20,000, ndị agha ịnyịnya Johnson nọkwa na Boonsboro. Na 6th enwetara m akwụkwọ ozi site n'aka General Lee, site na pụrụ iche onye ozi, na-agwa m na, na 12th, a ga-eme mgbalị ịtọhapụ ndị mkpọrọ na Point Lookout, na-eduzi m ka m mee ihe iji jikọta ha na iwu m, ma ọ bụrụ na mgbalị ahụ gara nke ọma; ma a gwaghị m maka otu a ga-esi mee mbọ a - General Lee na-ekwu na ọ bụghị, n'onwe ya, ka a dụrụ ọdụ maka nkọwapụta ahụ.

Ọchịchọ m bụ ịchụpụ ndị iro na Maryland Heights, ka m wee nwee ike isi na Harper's Ferry gaa Washington pụọ ozugbo; ma ọ gbanarịworị n’ọrụ ya siri ike siri ike, ma, ebe a na-apụghị ịbịaru ha nso na-enweghị nnukwu ihe isi ike, na mgbalị imegide ha site na mwakpo ga-ebuteworị mfu ka ukwuu karịa uru a ga-enweta ga-ezi, m kpebisiri ike na megharia site na oghere nke South Mountain n'ebe ugwu nke Heights. Na 7th, e zigara akụkụ ka ukwuu nke ndị agha ịnyịnya n'ofe ugwu ahụ, na ntụziaka nke Frederick; na, n'abalị ahụ, akpụkpọ ụkwụ na-atụ anya bịarutere ma kesaa ya, e nyere iwu maka ịkwaga n'ozuzu n'ụtụtụ echi; na onye uwe ojii (Lieut. -Col. Goodwin, nke Louisiana Regiment) ka e nyere iwu ka ọ laghachi na Winchester, ya na obere onye nche, ka ọ na-anakọta ndị na-akwagharị n'ebe ahụ, ma gbochie ha ịgbaso.

Imboden abanyela n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ oloko, na ngalaba ndịda nke Potomac, ma bibie akụkụ mmiri ahụ, mana o nwebeghị ihe ịga nke ọma ịchụpụ onye nche n'ụlọ ock n'ebe ahụ. Ọ bụla ọrịa, ọ dịkwa ntakịrị mezuru site na njem; na ndị agha ya, ugbu a n’okpuru ọchịchị nke Colonel George H. Smith, alọghachila.

Larly n'ụtụtụ nke 8th, ike dum kpaliri; Rodes, site na Crampton's Gap, ruo Jefferson; Breckenridge, site na oghere Fox; na Ramseur, ya na ụgbọ oloko, site na