OGWU KERNSTOWN.
Na nnabata nke ozi e kwuru n'elu, 1 kpebisiri ike ịwakpo onye iro ozugbo; na, n'isi ụtụtụ nke 24th., ike m niile nọ na-emegharị maka Winchester. Onye iro ahụ, n'okpuru Crook, nke mejupụtara "Ndị agha West Virginia," gụnyere ndị agha Hunter na Sigels, na ndị agha Averill, nọ n'ọnọdụ dị na Kernstown, n'otu ala nke Shields, n'oge General. Agha Jackson na ya na-alụ, na 22nd nke March, 1862. E zigara ngalaba Ramseur n'aka ekpe, na Bartonsville, ka ọ gaa n'akụkụ aka nri nke onye iro, ebe ndị ọzọ na-aga n'akụkụ ndagwurugwu Pike, ma guzobe n'akụkụ nke ọ bụla. E nyere ndị agha ịnyịnya nke mgbapụta iwu ịkwaga n’ogidi abụọ; otu n'aka nri, n'okporo ụzọ si Front Royal gaa Winchester; na nke ọzọ n'aka ekpe, na n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Winchester, ka ha dịrị n'otu na azụ nke ebe ikpeazụ, na pusi pụọ ndị iro mgbagha. Mgbe a chụbasịrị ndị iro nke ndị iro, a chọpụtara na akụkụ aka ekpe ya, gafere Kernstown. ekpughere ya, ma e nyere General Breckenridge iwu ịkwaga ngalaba Echol, ugbu a n'okpuru Brig.-Gen. Wharton, na nzuzo nke ụfọdụ ndagwurugwu dị n'aka nri anyị, wee wakpo akụkụ ahụ. Emere mmegharị a, nke emere n'okpuru nlekọta onwe onye nke Gen. Breckenridge, jiri aka-omely gbuo ya, na ngalaba mwakpo ahụ kụgburu akụkụ aka ekpe nke ndị iro n'ime oghere mepere emepe, mee ya okpukpu abụọ ma tụba ahịrị ya niile na nnukwu mgbagwoju anya. Nkewa nke ọzọ wee gaa n'ihu, na mmeri nke ndị iro wee zuo oke. Ndị agha na-agba ọsọ na ndị agha chụpụrụ ya, site na Winchester gafere; na Nchụso a gara n'ihu site na ngalaba Rodes ruo ebe nchekwa Stephenson, kilomita isii site na Winchester - ngalaba a wee zọọ ije kilomita iri abụọ na asaa site n'ọnọdụ ya ọdịda anyanwụ nke Strasburg. E meghị ka ndị agha ịnyịnya ibugharị dị ka iwu m si dị; na ndị iro, na-enwe ohere nke obodo mepere emepe na okporo ụzọ obosara macadamized, nyere aka ime
