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   LAGHARỊA Iji Ndị na-akụ azụ̀ Ugwu  

Chester, iji kpuchie ebe ahụ megide ike a kọrọ na ọ ga-esi n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ pụta; mana, akụkọ a na-egosi na ezighi ezi, e mechara kwaga ya na nkwụsị nke okporo ụzọ Millwood na Front Royal. N'ụtụtụ nke 11th., a chọpụtara na ndị iro na-aga n'aka nri anyị, n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Opequon, na ndị agha m, bụ ndị e guzobere n'ahịrị agha na-ekpuchi Winchester, kwagara n'aka nri. kwupụta Newtown, idobe n'etiti ndị iro na Valley Pike. Ramseur nwere nnukwu ọgụ na otu ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro n'okporo ụzọ Millwood, wee kpụghachi ya azụ. Ndị brigades Imboden na Vaughan nwere ọgụ siri ike otu ndị agha ịnyịnya ọzọ na ọnụ ụzọ ámá abụọ, na nkwụsị nke okporo ụzọ Front Royal na okporo ụzọ si White Post gaa Newtown; ma a chọpụtara na e nwewo nnukwu nnabata na ogwe aka ahụ site n'aka ndị agha Grant. Tupu abalị eruo, Gordon nwere ọgụ siri ike, na nso Newtown, ya na nnukwu ndị agha ịnyịnya, bụ ndị si n'ọnụ ụzọ ụgbọ elu abụọ na-aga n'ụzọ, wee chụpụ ya. Anyị mara ụlọikwuu na nso Newtown; na, n'ụtụtụ nke 12th., kwagara Hupp's Hill, n'etiti Strasburg na Cedar Creek. N'ịchọta na ndị iro ahụ na-aga n'ihu n'ike dị arọ karịa ka m zutere, 1 kpebisiri ike iwere ọnọdụ na Fisher's Hill, n'elu Strasburg, ma chere mwakpo ya n'ebe ahụ. Imboden, ya na ndị agha ya, ka ezigara na Ndagwurugwu Luray, ka ha leruo ụzọ ahụ anya; na, n'ehihie, anyị kwagara n'Ugwu Fisher. Enwetara m ozi ụbọchị ole na ole gara aga, site na General Lee, na General Anderson kwagara na ngalaba Kershaw nke ndị agha na ngalaba Fitz Lee nke ndị agha ịnyịnya na Culpepper CH. ; ma ezigara m Anderson ozi, na-agwa ya ọnọdụ nke ihe, ma rịọ ya ka o mee ya gaa n'ihu Royal, ka i wee chekwa ndagwurugwu Luray.

Ọganihu Sheridan pụtara n'ikpere mmiri Cedar Creek, na 12th., na ọ nwere ihe mgbakasị ahụ. Edebere ndị agha m n'ugwu Fisher, na aka nri na-ezu ike na North Fork nke Shenandoah, na aka ekpe na-agbatịkwu n'ugwu nta nke North; anyị wee chere ihu ndị iro. General Anderson kwagara na Front Royal, na