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Ọrụ dị n'ihu WASHINGTON.
Enwere m ike inyocha ọrụ ndị ahụ ọzọ, ozugbo ọ dị ọkụ iji hụ ụzọ, agbagoro m n'ihu wee hụ ihe mgbochi ndị agha juru. Ya mere, enwere m ike ịhapụ olileanya niile nke ijide Washington, mgbe m rutere n'ihu dome nke Capitol, ma nye ndị ọchịchị Federal egwu dị egwu.
Grant na akụkọ ya na-ekwu, n'ihe gbasara ọnọdụ ihe mgbe m kwagara Washington: "Ndị agha Baltimore na Washington bụ n'oge a nwere nnukwu ibu. ogbunigwe, narị ụbọchị narị ndị ikom, na ndị agha sitere na ozu na-adịghị mma." Na, n'ihe banyere ike Wallace na Monocacy, ọ na-ekwu; "Ike ya ezughị iji hụ na ihe ịga nke ọma, ma ọ lụrụ ọgụ n'agbanyeghị, ma ọ bụ ezie na o mere ka anyị merie n'ogwe aka anyị, ma ọ nwụchiri ndị iro ma si otú ahụ mee ka Gen. Wright nwee ike iru Washington. na nkewa abụọ nke 6th Corps, na ọganihu nke 19th Corps, n'ihu ya." Stanton na-ekwu na akụkọ ya: "N'ebe a (na Washington) ha (anyị) zutere ndị agha sitere na Army nke Potomac, gụnyere ndị agha. 6th Corps n'okpuru General Wright, akụkụ nke 8th Corps n'okpuru General Gilmore, na akụkụ nke 19th Corps, si New Orleans bịarutere n'okpuru General Emory." Na-ewere okwu Grant nke ndị agha ndị si n'aka ndị agha ya bịa dị ka ndị a pụrụ ịdabere na ya. , Ha zuru ezu iji jide ọrụ ahụ megide ndị agha m, ma ọ dịkarịa ala ruo mgbe ndị ọzọ nwere ike ịbịarute ma, na mgbakwunye na ndị ahụ bịarutere, e nwere ndị na-apụ apụ site na òtù ndị na-adịghị mma, nke a na-akpọ, ekwenyere m, " Veteran Reserves "(. N'ime nke a gwara m na e nwere ihe dị ka 5,000), ndị agha nnukwu ogbunigwe, ndị ikom ụbọchị narị, na, echere m, akụkụ nke òtù 8 nke Stanton kwuru banyere ihe ndị a nile nwere ike ịgbakwunye ndị agha obodo, ma ọ bụ ndị agha. na gọọmentị ndị ọrụ. Ụfọdụ n'ime akwụkwọ ndị dị n'ebe ugwu kwuru na, n'etiti Saturday na Monday, enwere m ike ịbanye n'obodo ahụ; ma na Satọdee, a na m alụ ọgụ na Monocacy, kilomita iri atọ na ise site na Washington, ike nke m na-enweghị ike ịpụ na ya. azụ m; ma, mgbe m wepụsịrị ike ahụ ma na-aga ngwa ngwa dịka enwere ike m ịkwaga, abanyeghị m.
