58 AGHA MONOCACY.
mgbọ ogbunigwe meghere n'akụkụ abụọ. Nkewa nke Rodes sitere na Jelferson cmd ka etinyere n'aka ekpe Ramseur, na-ekpuchi okporo ụzọ si Baltimore na ụzọ gafere. Monocacy n'elu iwu Junction Breckenridge, ya na ụgbọ oloko, nọ n'azụ n'etiti Frederick na Junction, ebe ndị fọdụrụ nke ndị agha ịnyịnya na-ekiri a. ike nke ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro nke si na Maryland Heights soro. Ndị iro ọnọdụ dị oke ike, na ihe isi ike nke ịgafe Monocacy n'okpuru ọkụ dị ukwuu, ka wakporo n'ihu na-enweghị nnukwu mfu karịa ka m dị njikere ime. Ya mere m mere nyocha n'onwe m ka m chọta ebe a ga-esi gafee osimiri ahụ, ka m wee buru ndị iro banye akụkụ. Mgbe m na-eme nyocha a n'aka nri m, achọpụtara m McCausland na-eme njem ya na ndị agha brigade ya. Ozugbo ọ gafere, ọ rịdata ndị ikom ya, wee gaa n’ike n’ike megide akụkụ aka ekpe nke onye iro, nke ọ tụbara n’ọgba aghara, ma ọ bịarutere nso weghara batrị ngwá agha, ma ndị iro ahụ lekwasịrị anya n’ebe ọ nọ, e wee jiri nwayọọ nwayọọ manyere ya azụ na-azọ isi ike n’ala. Ntugharị McCausland, nke mara oke mmagbuo ya, dozie nsogbu ahụ nye m, na ozugbo m chọpụtara ya, ezigara Breckenridge iwu ka ọ gaa n'elu. ngwa ngwa na nkewa Gordon nyere McCausland aka, na isochi mbuso agha ya. Nkewa a gafere n’otu ebe ahụ, e wee nye Gordon iwu ka ọ gaa n’ihu wee gbuo ndị iro n’akụkụ aka ekpe ya, ma chụpụ ya n’ọkwa ahụ. na-enye iwu ịgafe n'ihu Ramseur, ka o wee mee ka nke ikpeazụ gafere. Emere mmegharị a n'okpuru onye nlekọta onwe onye nke General Breckenridge, na, mgbe Ramseur na ndị iro nọ n'ihu na-alụ ọgụ, agha ahụ bụ nke Gordon mere n'ụdị galant, na site n'enyemaka nke ọtụtụ ogbunigwe Eze nke agafeworo, na ogbunigwe Nelson si n'akụkụ nke ọzọ, ọ tụpụrụ onye iro ahụ. n'ime oké mgbagwoju anya wee mapụ ya n'ọnọdụ ya. Ramseur ozugbo gafere n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ oloko wee chụwa ya ndị agha na-efe efe nke ndị iro, na Rodes gafere n'aka ekpe wee sonye na ịchụso. Nkewa Echol nke fọduru
