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     ỌNỤKWỤKWỌ NA IKE NKE ỤMỌDỤ ABỤỌ. 

quon, na n'aka ekpe m site na iyi ahụ gaa n'Ugwu Ugwu, ebe ndị agha ịnyịnya Fitz Lee na-ekiri aka nri, na-enwe obere pickets gafee Shenandoah. Ụzọ anọ bụ isi, site n'ọkwa ndị iro jidere, gbadoro ụkwụ na ebe nchekwa Stephenson, iji mara: okporo ụzọ Martinsburg, okporo ụzọ Charlestown site na Smithfield, okporo ụzọ si n'otu ebe ahụ site na Summit Point, na okporo ụzọ si Berryville site na Osimiri Jordan. nke Sheridan isi ike dị nso na Berryville, n'ọnọdụ gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ nke ekwuru, ebe Averill nọ na Martinsburg ya na nkewa nke ndị agha ịnyịnya. Berryville dị maịl iri site na Winchester, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ọwụwa anyanwụ, yana Martinsburg maịl iri abụọ na abụọ dị nso na ugwu. Ịgafe Opequon n'okporo ụzọ Berryville dị kilomita anọ ma ọ bụ ise site na Winchester. Site na Berryville Enwere ụzọ abụọ dị mma na-aga Front Royal, site na Millwood na White Post, na site na Millwood enwere okporo ụzọ macadamized na Winchester, yana ezigbo okporo ụzọ site na White Post gaa na Ndagwurugwu. Pike na Newtown na Middletown, ụzọ abụọ ikpeazụ na-agba ọsọ n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Opequon. Obodo a niile mepere emepe nke ukwuu, ebe ọ bụ obodo nkume nzu nke edobere nke ọma ma kpochaa nke ọma, ma na-enye nnukwu akụrụngwa maka ngagharị nke ndị agha? na ọrụ ndị agha ịnyịnya. Site na mgbidi ndị iro dị na Maryland Heights, obodo dị n'ebe ugwu na ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Winchester, yana okporo ụzọ ndị dị na ya, ka a na-ahụ anya.

Ọnọdụ ndị ikwu nke anyị ji mere ka nkwukọrịta m n'azụ kpughee nke ukwuu, mana enweghị m ike ịgbanarị ya na-ahapụghị ndagwurugwu ahụ. Ihe m nọ n'ebe ahụ bụ ịnọgide na-akpa àgwà na-eyi egwu kwupụta Maryland na Pennsylvania, ma gbochie iji okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Baltimore na Ohio, na ọwa mmiri Chesapeake na Ohio, yana idobe nnukwu ike dị ka o kwere mee site n'aka ndị agha Grant iji chebe isi obodo Federal. Ọ bụrụ na Sheridan, site na mmegharị ngwa ngwa, tụbara ike ya niile n'ahịrị nke nkwukọrịta m, agaraghị m amanye ịnwa ibibi ụzọ m, ebe ọ nweghị ụzọ mgbapụ maka m n'aka nri ma ọ bụ aka ekpe, ma ike m dị. adịghị ike ịgafe Potomac mgbe ọ nọ n'azụ m. Amaara m ihe ize ndụ m nwere, ma enweghị m ike ịnọ n'ọnọdụ ọzọ nke gaara enyere m aka