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     Arụmarụ na Ndagwurugwu N'okpuru. 

ville na zutere a bukwanu ike nke iro ndị agha ịnyịnya, nke a chụpụrụ, na mgbe ahụ na-achụ site Lomax site Martinsburg gafee Opequon. Anyị laghachiri na Bunker Hill na n'echi ya na ebe nchekwa Stephenson, ma enwere jụụ na 12th,

Na 13th, otu nnukwu ndị agha ịnyịnya nke ndị iro, nke a kọrọ na ndị agha na-akwado ya, na-aga n'okporo ụzọ Summit Point ma kwọọ ụgbọ ala anyị site na Opequon, mgbe ndị agha abụọ nke ndị agha na-aga n'ihu, na-ebuga ndị iro ahụ gafee. Opequon ọzọ. Mgbọ ogbunigwe dị nkọ n'ofe mmiri ahụ weere ọnọdụ, ụfọdụ ndị agha m gafere, mgbe ndị iro lara ezumike nká.

Na 14th, General Anderson malitere ọzọ, ya na ngalaba Kershaw na ndị agha Cutshaw, ịgafe Blue Ridge site n'ụzọ nke Front Royal, ma e metọghị ya. Ndị agha ịnyịnya Fitz Lee hapụrụ mụ na ngalaba Ramseur a kpọgara Winchester ka ọ nọrọ n'ọnọdụ Kershaw.

Enwere okwu n'etiti otu n'ime ndị agha Kershaw na nkewa nke ndị agha ndị agha ndị iro, mgbe m nọ na Fisher's Hill na Anderson na Front Royal, nke ụfọdụ ndị mkpọrọ furu efu; na ihe omume abụọ nke a wakporo ma weghara ndị agha ndị agha ndị agha nke Kershaw, otu n'ihu Winchester na nke ọzọ n'ihu Charlestown; nke m na-emebeghị nke ọma, dịka ha mere mgbe General Anderson na-achịkwa ọrụ nke nkewa ahụ, ma ọ dị mma ịkọwa ha ebe a dịka akụkụ nke ọrụ na Ndagwurugwu.

N'abalị iri na ise na nke iri na isii, ndị agha m nọgidere n'ogige ahụ n'enweghị nsogbu.

Ọnọdụ ndị agha na-emegide ya bụ ugbu a: Ngalaba Ramseur na ndị agha Nelson nọ n'okporo ụzọ si Berryville ruo Winchester, otu maịl site na mpaghara ahụ. ebe ikpeazu. Nkewa Rodes', Gordon, na Wharton, (abụọ ikpeazụ nọ n'okpuru Breckenridge,) na Braxton's na King's Ndị agha ogbunigwe nọ na ebe nchekwa Stephenson dị n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Winchester na Potomac, nke dị kilomita isii site na Winchester. Ndị agha ịnyịnya Lomax kpara n'ihu m na Ope-