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      Arụmarụ na Ndagwurugwu N'okpuru. 

kilomita frcm Charlestown, n'ọnọdụ ọ malitere iwusi ike ozugbo. Nkewa nke Rodes na Ramseur gara n'ihu, na ọgụ dị oke egwu wee na-aga n'ihu ruo abalị, mana echere m ka General Anderson bịarute tupu m ebuso agha n'ozuzu. Ọ zutere ndị agha ịnyịnya nke Wilson na Summit Point, ma, mgbe ọ chụpụrụ ya, banye n'ogige n'ebe ahụ. N'ụtụtụ echi ya, a chọpụtara na ndị iro ahụ lara ezumike nká n'abalị, a chụpụrụkwa ndị agha ịnyịnya ya n'azụ na Charlestown. kwupụta Hall-town, ebe Sheridan ewerela ọnọdụ siri ike n'okpuru nchebe nke egbe dị arọ na Maryland Heights. M gosipụtara n'ihu ndị iro na 22nd, 23rd, na 24th, na e nwere ụfọdụ ọgụ. Mgbe ahụ General Anderson kwetara iwere ọnọdụ m n'ihu Charlestown ma mee ndị iro ahụ ọchị na ngalaba nke Kershaw nke ndị agha, nke ndị agha ịnyịnya McCausland na-akwado n'aka ekpe na otu ndị agha ịnyịnya Fitz Lee n'aka nri, ebe m na-aga na ndị agha m na ndị agha m. ruo Shepherdstown, na Fitz Lee ya na ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị ọzọ na-aga Williamsport, dị ka a ga-asị na ọ ga-agafe. Maryland, iji nọgide na-atụ egwu mwakpo nke Maryland na Pennsylvania.

Na 25th Fitz Lee malitere site n'ụzọ Leetown na Martinsburg ruo Williamsport, na m si na Leetown gafere ụgbọ okporo ígwè dị na Kearneysville ruo Shepherdstown. Mgbe Fitz Lee gafechara, ezutere m nnukwu ndị agha ndị agha ndị iro n’etiti Leetown na Kearneysville, bụ́ ndị ji nri nri na nri ụbọchị ole na ole na-apụ maka ịwakpo anyị n’azụ. Mgbe ejiri obere ngwa agha na ngwa agha gbasasịrị ike, a chụghachitere ndị agha a site na Shepherdstown, ebe anyị bịarutere nso gburugburu wee weghara akụkụ ya buru ibu, mana o nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'ịgbapụ ya. gafee Potomac. Nkewa nke Gordon, nke a kwagara gburugburu iji gbochie ndị iro ahụ, malitere itinye aka nke ukwuu, wee bibie azụ azụ nke akụkụ ụfọdụ nke ndị agha ya n'otu ụzọ, mana ọ gbadara n'osimiri ahụ gaa n'ofe mmiri wee si otú a gbapụ. N'okwu a, onye ọrụ bara uru. Colonel Monaghan nke 6th ... Louisiana Regiment, egburu. Fitz Lee ruru Williams-