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       Arụmarụ na Ndagwurugwu N'okpuru. 

ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri, ma nwee ụfọdụ ọgụ n'ofe osimiri na ebe tai, wee kwaga Shepherdstown.

Na 26th m kwagara Leetown, na 27th m laghachiri na Bunker Hill; mgbe Anderson, onye chere Sheridan ihu, n'ime ụbọchị abụọ m na-anọghị, na-enwe ma nkewa nke ndị agha na-agba ọsọ na otu brigade na ndị agha ịnyịnya, kwagara na Stephenson's Depot.

N'abalị iri abụọ na asatọ, ndị agha ịnyịnya anyị, bụ́ ndị a hapụrụ jigide eriri site na Charlestown ruo Shepherdstown, manyere ịla ezumike nka n'ofe Opequon, mgbe ha na ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro na Smithfield nwechara nke ọma. Na 29th, ndị agha ịnyịnya ndị iro gafere Opequon dị nso na Smithfield, na-anya ụgbọ ala anyị. ndị agha ịnyịnya, mgbe m gara n'ihu na akụkụ ụfọdụ nke ndị agha m, wee chụpụ ndị iro n'ofe mmiri ahụ ọzọ, na, mgbe agha agha dị nkọ, otu akụkụ nke iwu m bụ. gafere wee chụọ ndị iro ahụ site na Smithfield chere Charlestown. Anyị lara ezumike nká, na-ahapụ ndị agha ịnyịnya na Smithfield, ma a manyere ya ịgafe Opequon, na-aga n'ihu nke ndị agha siri ike site na Charlestown.

Ọnwụ dị jụụ na 30th, ma na 3 1st e nwere ụfọdụ ngosipụta nke ndị agha ịnyịnya na Opequon, nke anyị zutere. N'ụbọchị a, (31st), Anderson kwagara Winchester, na Rodes na ndị òtù ya gara Martinsburg na nyocha, chụpụrụ ndị agha ndị agha iro site n'ebe ahụ, kwụsịrị nkwadebe maka ịrụzi okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè, wee laghachi.

Enwere m jụụ na 1st, mana, na nke abụọ, agbajisịrị m ogige m na Bunker Hill, wee jiri akụkụ atọ nke ndị agha na-agba ọsọ na akụkụ nke ndị agha McCausland n'okpuru Col. Ferguson, gafee mba ahụ kwupụta Summit Point, na nyocha, ebe ụgbọ oloko ndị nọ n'okpuru nchebe nke ngalaba Rodes bugara n'ebe nchekwa Stephenson. Mgbe m gafechara Opequon na vras na-aga n'ihu Summit Point, ndị agha Averill wakporo ma chụghachi azụ na mgbagwoju anya, nke mbụ Vaughan, na mgbe ahụ ndị agha ịnyịnya Johnson, bụ ndị nọ n'okporo ụzọ Martinsburg, na Opequon, ma Rodes laghachiri n'ebe ahụ.